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Pope Francis prays for Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for 26 years for trumped-up treason charges
pope francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a nicaraguan catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason. the ponti...
Simon Caldwell
Priest charged over free speech protest outside abortion clinic
(fr sean gough was charged with 'intimidating service users' | adf) police charged a catholic priest after he held up a sign with the words ...
Simon Caldwell
Church of England synod member 'rebuked' by Welby for publicly opposing same sex blessings
sam margrave is a left-leaning former local councillor and has been a member of the church of england’s general synod for over a decade. pol...
Gavin Ashenden
CPS rejects charges against Catholic arrested for 'thought crime' prayers
prosecutors have dismissed charges against a catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion facility. isabel vaughan...
Simon Caldwell
Christians can believe in miracles
on february 11 the church keeps the feast of our lady of lourdes, commemorating the day in 1858 when the 14-year-old bernadette soubirous ha...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
When Anglican architects built Catholic churches
as a general rule in the 19th century, and to a slightly lesser extent afterwards, anglican churches tended to be built by anglican architec...
Michael Hodges
Religion and the Rise of Sport in England, by Hugh McLeod
religion and the rise of sport in england hugh mcleod oxford university press, £30, 304 pages a visitor from 200 years ago, landing in engla...
Dr Mark Chapman
Lords back abortion buffer zone amendment to turn prayer into 'thought crime'
the house of lords has backed the national roll out of buffer zones around abortion clinics in a move which could turn private and silent pr...
Simon Caldwell
Vatican abuse inquiry into Hexham and Newcastle will cause 'pain and shame', says Archbishop
catholics of the diocese in the spotlight of a vatican abuse inquiry were warned yesterday to brace themselves for a period of “pain and sha...
Simon Caldwell
Terrorist murders sacristan and wounds priest in rampage through Spanish churches
an islamist terrorist rampaged through two catholic churches in southern spain, murdering a sacristan and wounding a priest with a machete. ...
Tom Colsy
Pope Francis condemns ‘ideological’ and ‘elitist’ German Synodal Way
in an interview published yesterday, pope francis condemned the german synodal way as elitist, unhelpful and running the risk of bringing id...
Olenka Hamilton
Vatican issues final 'stop sign' on German Synodal Path
two of germany’s top canon lawyers have explained that the german synodal path must now end following a letter from pope francis to german b...
Olenka Hamilton
EXCLUSIVE: Bishop reported to police for abuse as Vatican probes lockdown sex parties
bishop robert byrne has been reported to the police following an allegation of abuse made against him by a catholic priest, the catholic her...
Simon Caldwell
Merely Catholic Podcast: Farewell Cardinal Pell, ‘a great defender of the faith’
dr gavin ashenden is joined this week by edward pentin, the distinguished english catholic journalist and veteran rome correspondent, to dis...
The Catholic Herald
Nicaraguan priest faces eight years in jail for social media post
a catholic priest in nicaragua is facing eight years in jail after he shared a social media post allegedly critical of daniel ortega’s hard-...
Simon Caldwell
Pope curses 'delinquent' priests who withhold absolution
priests should grant absolution in the confessional even when the penitent has no intention to repent, the pope has said in a speech which h...
Simon Caldwell
Miss Universe and the obliteration of womanhood
there is an episode of friends where single girl phoebe struggles with the fact that the guy she is dating won’t sleep with her....
Katherine Bennett
'Conversion therapy' ban will criminalise preaching, praying and parenting, Scottish bishops warn
scotland’s catholic bishops have objected to a proposed ban on so-called “conversion therapy” because they say it would effectively open the...
Simon Caldwell
Priest describes ‘pandemonium’ after six people shot following funeral Mass at London Catholic church
a parish priest of a catholic church in london where six people —including two children — were injured in a drive-by shooting saturday descr...
CNA Editor
Feasting does not have to be lavish to be festal
preparation is crucial to celebrating christmas well. but so often the kind of preparation most people mean only really adds pressure, and p...
Albert Robertson OP
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