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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.

Church helps broker Congo deal

catholic leaders in the democratic republic of congo have said that they hope for lasting peace after brokering an 11th-hour deal between th...

Staff writers

In brief

i don’t like travelling, admits francis pope francis has told la stampa newspaper that he “never liked travelling much” but feels he must go...

Staff writers

The Vatican clamps down on ‘fake news’

last week the vatican issued a peculiar clarification: spokesman greg burke denied that the pope had called for islam and christianity to “m...

Madeleine Teahan

The knights who won’t retreat

the sovereign military order of malta is one of the more improbable success stories of the 21st-century church. founded in 1099 to provide h...

Dan Hitchens

A diplomatic tussle with serious consequences

while the sovereign military order of malta may no longer be military or govern the island of malta, it remains a truly sovereign entity and...

Ed Condon

Abortion policy is stuck in the dark ages

one stark, inescapable conclusion of life as a doctor is that abortion hurts. it may not be a widely publicised conclusion – after all, even...

Calum Miller

Mary Kenny: We’ll never wipe out loneliness

yet another report tells us that loneliness in britain today is almost at “epidemic” proportions. according to age uk, half a million people...

Mary Kenny

Word This Week

second sunday of the year is 49:3, 5-6; 1 cor 1:1-3; jn 1:29-34 (year a) as the memory of christmas begins to fade, the liturgical readings ...

Bishop David McGough

Paralysed NYPD officer who forgave teenage attacker dies aged 59

Cardinal Dolan called Steven McDonald a 'prophet of the pro-life cause'

Madeleine Teahan

Nigerian archbishop asks president to act against 'unparalleled' savagery

Recent attacks by Fulani herdsmen have left hundreds of people dead

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/01/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

Bishop opposes death penalty for Dylann Roof: 'All human life is sacred'

Bishop Guglielmone asked people to pray for the victims and for Roof's own conversion

Catholic News Service

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Abortion policy is stuck in the dark ages

If abortion confers no health benefit, why is it within the purview of the NHS?

Dr Calum Miller

Vatican: Order of Malta investigation is 'legitimate'

The order has denied the legality of the Vatican probe

Catholic News Service

Thirty cardinals ‘raised concerns' about Amoris Laetitia draft

A 'significant number' of bishops’ conferences reportedly also expressed misgivings

Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/01/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

Knights of Malta refuse to assist 'irrelevant' Vatican investigation

Knights say investigation is aimed at limiting order's sovereignty

Associated Press

Priest: Brazil's prison system 'factory of torture that creates monsters'

Almost 100 inmates have died in Brazil since the turn of the year

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/09/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

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