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German diocese under prominent progressive bishop sees no annual ordinations for first time in 200 years
the diocese under the tenure of the president of the german bishops’ conference and its s ynodaler weg – german synodal way – has ordained n...
Tom Colsy
EXCLUSIVE: Calls for 'urgent' inquiry into amendments to legalise late-term abortion in UK
the uk government is being called to launch an urgent inquiry after the medical director of one of the uk’s largest abortion providers repor...
The Catholic Herald
Rome’s Chief Rabbi expresses 'great disappointment' with Vatican's stance on Gaza
rome – having already warned of “many steps backward” in catholic-jewish relations as a result of contrasting reactions to israel’s war with...
Crux Staff
The Michaela Community School ‘prayer ban’: facing the awkward realities of a multicultural society
the michaela community school in wembley, north london is, by many metrics, a success story. but right now the school and its erudite headte...
Johannes McLaren
Pope urges Vatican press corps to resist sinking to ‘commercial media’ standards
rome – in a rare session with members of the vatican press corps, pope francis thanked journalists for their work, urging them to base their...
Elise Allen
Africans praise peer for demanding end to Nigeria's Christian 'genocide'
yaoundè, cameroon — a leading catholic research entity in africa has welcomed the call by a british catholic politician for urgent action to...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Record number of Catholic priests arrested, abducted or murdered in 2023
last year 132 priests and religious were arrested, abducted or killed globally, according to latest research. belarus, china, nicaragua and ...
The Catholic Herald
Ecuadorian Catholics negotiate and pray during prison riot crisis
são paulo, brazil – one week after a drug lord escaped from prison and detonated an unprecedented crisis of violence in ecuador, local catho...
EduardoCamposLima
Prayers answered: Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for life gains freedom, though exiled to Vatican
nicaragua has released a bishop jailed for 26 years after he stood up to the regime of president daniel ortega. bishop rolando álvarez of ma...
Simon Caldwell
Cameroon bishops denounce Boko Haram atrocities as terrorist group wages war to create African ‘Islamic caliphate’
yaoundè – catholic bishops in the west african nation of cameroon, which has been gripped by civil conflict for the past seven years, have d...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
New poll finds Pope’s unfavourable rating among Americans at all-time high
new york – a new survey conducted this past december has found that while most american adults still have a favourable view of pope francis,...
johnlavenburg
Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick deemed not competent to stand trial in abuse case
new york – a wisconsin judge on 10 january suspended a sexual assault case against theodore mccarrick after a court-appointed psychologist f...
johnlavenburg
US criticised for not addressing mounting 'genocide’ against Christians during bloody ‘Islamisation’ of Nigeria
yaoundè, cameroon – with nigerians sounding alarms over what some describe as a mounting “genocide” against christians in africa’s most popu...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Irish Medical Council endorses 'fundamental shift' in medical ethics paving way for government euthanasia push
the irish medical council has updated its ethical guidelines for doctors. the standout change—and a disturbing change, especially given the ...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Saint Paul & Minneapolis: ministry of 'imprudent' Archbishop Nienstedt inhibited
new york – a vatican investigation into alleged misconduct by former saint paul & minneapolis archbishop john nienstedt has cleared him ...
johnlavenburg
Sudanese bishops plead for peace as fighting claims 12,000 lives in under a year
yaoundè, cameroon – as a deadly conflict continues to rage in sudan, catholic bishops both inside the country and in neighbouring south suda...
Ngala Chimtom
‘Deteriorating situation’: Persecution of Catholic Church in Nicaragua
new york – archbishop thomas wenski of miami has said nicaragua's dictatorship has gone “off the rails” with the latest round of arrests of ...
johnlavenburg
Ortega arrests two senior priests in continued crackdown on Nicaraguan clergy
police in nicaragua have arrested two more catholic priests after they prayed in public for a bishop jailed for life when he refused to go i...
Simon Caldwell
French politics is suffocating the Spirit of Christmas
emmanuel macron found himself in a spot of bother earlier in december when he invited france’s chief rabbi to the elysee palace to light the...
Gavin Mortimer
Turkey votes for Christmas
…or at least its president seems to, explains lucien de guise . there was a glimmer of hope in the miasma of the middle east after the hamas...
Lucien de Guise
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