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The Acts of the Spirit: A dramatic sequel to the Gospels, with St Stephen to the fore
throughout the easter season we read large chunks of the acts of the apostles, and this month we celebrate two of the events related therein...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Two Catholic priests kidnapped in Nigeria within a week
yaoundé, cameroon – two catholic priests have been abducted in nigeria within a week, underscoring the ongoing persecution faced by christia...
Ngala Chimtom
Vatican offers assurances as China sets out rules for dialogue
rome – top vatican officials reaffirmed at a high-profile conference in rome this week that the church does not pose a threat to china’s sov...
Elise Allen
Use of AI in weaponry and war demands great care over 'accountability gap'
in his address to the 1978 united nations general assembly, pope john paul ii emphasised that “research and technology must always be at the...
BishopDeclanLang
Canadian cardinal close to Pope free of wrongdoing, finds Canonical inquiry
rome – after an anonymous allegation arose against close papal aide cardinal gérald c. lacroix of québec earlier this year, a preliminary ca...
Elise Allen
Pope Francis confirms women cannot be ordained as deacons during US interview
pope francis has confirmed that women cannot be ordained as deacons during his interview with cbs news. the interview “pope francis: the fir...
Crux Staff
Meeting between Cardinal Ambongo and Congo’s president eases tensions in Africa's largest Catholic country
amid what threatened to become a serious church v. state clash in africa’s largest catholic country, the cardinal threatened with prosecutio...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Fourth priest kidnapped in Nigeria in just five months
extremists have captured another catholic priest in nigeria, bringing the number of clerics kidnapped in the country this year to four. the ...
Amy Balog
State castration of child rapists denounced by Madagascan bishops
madagascar’s influential catholic bishops’ conference – usually loyal to the government – has denounced a new law for the castration for pae...
Ngala Chimtom
Controversial Chinese bishop to speak at Vatican conference
rome – next week a high-profile conference will be held marking the centenary of the catholic church’s first ever council in china, drawing ...
Elise Allen
US commission condemns UK silent prayer arrest in abortion clinic 'buffer zones'
a united states federal government commission has criticised the arrest of a woman for praying silently outside an abortion clinic in the uk...
The Catholic Herald
Don't despair of four tumultuous years: the ‘Permacrisis’ offers an unparalleled opportunity to bring meaning to our lives
where are we, four years on? none of the promises that were repeated so loudly during 2020 and 2021 have come to fruition: neither the new n...
Alexklaushofer
Israel protests talk of Gaza ‘genocide’ by Nobel Prize winner during Vatican event
rome – in the latest episode of tension between israel and the vatican over the conflict in gaza, israel’s embassy to the holy see issued a ...
Crux Staff
Vatican weighs up potential Trump return in its approach to European elections
rome – although non-europeans may not be paying attention – and, for that matter, a fairly wide swath of the european population itself isn’...
John L Allen
US archdiocese ‘refused to comply’ with sexual abuse investigation, Washington attorney general claims
amid a campaign for the governorship, washington attorney general bob ferguson announced on 9 may that he has taken legal action against the...
johnlavenburg
Pope decries 'cowardly' attack on Congo refugee camp
yaoundé, cameroon – pope francis has condemned a “cowardly attack” on a refugee camp in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo...
Ngala Chimtom
Letter from the Editor: The Pope of Rome
"do you want an audience with the pope?” asked vatican “fixer” extraordinaire dr peter bahou, owner of new york-based peter’s tours, while w...
William Cash
Security checks again find batch of weapons before papal event
rome – less than a month after a man on new york’s most wanted list was arrested in st. peter’s square with three knives ahead of a papal au...
Crux Staff
We should not waste our time on the fleeting love of the world
god has blessed humanity with an unparalleled gift: his saving power, his love. he expressed love first by creating the world and then by cr...
Deacon Hector Ortiz
Catholic education in Ireland: Is it a choice between divestment or falling off a cliff?
catholic education in ireland risks falling off a demographic cliff with the numbers of teachers in catholic schools professing adherence to...
Dualta Roughneen
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