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Vatican says Pope Francis to leave hospital "as soon as possible"

a tv crew works outside the gemelli hospital in rome, 12 july 12 2021, where pope francis will spend "a few more days" following his colon s...
Staff Reporter

Vatican says Pope Francis had "calm" Friday in hospital

a homeless man holds a sign reading "let us pray for pope francis" at the agostino gemelli hospital in rome on 9 july 2021. (filippo montefo...
Staff Reporter

‘This law makes me feel I am better off dead’: UK court hears Down syndrome abortion law challenge

london, england, jul 7, 2021 / 08:05 am. a woman with down syndrome said on tuesday that a u.k. law allowing abortion up to birth for disabi...
Catholic News Agency

Brazilian Church leaders increasingly critical of Brazil's Bolsonaro

people holding a brazilian flag that reads "522,000 deaths, we won't forget" take part in a demonstration on 3 july 2021. (sergio lima/afp v...
Eduardo Campos Lima

Vatican says Pope Francis "spent quiet day" Wednesday, slight fever in evening

view of agostino gemelli hospital in rome on 8 july 2021. (photo by isabella bonotto / afp) (photo by isabella bonotto/afp via getty images)...
Staff Reporter

Southern African Bishops call for restraint, dialogue in Eswatini

bishops in southern africa are calling for “restraint and a spirit of meaningful dialogue” in the kingdom of eswatini as the government crac...
Staff Reporter

Pope Francis: Pontiff "touched" by prayers, well wishes as Vatican reports post-op "regular and satisfactory"

journalists watch the uefa euro 2020 semi-final match between italy and spain in front of rome's gemelli hospital on 6 july 2021. (isabella ...
Staff Reporter

Pope Francis "rested well during the night"

a picture taken on july 5, 2021 shows the a. gemelli hospital in rome, where pope francis aunderwent surgery on sunday. (andreas solaro/afp ...
Staff Reporter

Traditional Latin Mass advocates appeal to Pope to protect Summorum Pontificum

a federation that advocates for the traditional latin mass has appealed to pope francis to protect it from those "within the church, includi...
Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Parolin on Vatican corruption trial: We're victims

pope francis speaks with vatican secretary of state, cardinal pietro parolin, in the vatican, 21 december 2017. (claudio peri/afp via getty ...
Christopher Altieri

Vatican Finances: Cardinal Becciu, 9 others indicted on various charges

pope francis at the weekly general audience, 19 may 2021. (filippo monteforte/afp via getty images)   updated with further statements a...
Christopher Altieri

No duty to die

assisted suicide is back on the legislative agenda with baroness meacher’s private member’s bill to legalise assisted dying in england and w...
The Catholic Herald

Poland’s Bishops Release Data on Allegations of Clerical Sexual Abuse

polish bishops attend a special mass on the sidelines of a 2019 meeting on child sex abuse scandals (archive photo)   over the course o...
Staff Reporter

Bishop Barron: True dialogue impossible if Catholic Dems won’t protect babies who survive abortion

denver newsroom, jun 29, 2021 / 13:20 pm. bishop robert barron, auxiliary bishop of los angeles and head of word on fire ministries, ca...
Catholic News Agency

Vatican's top diplomat addresses intervention on controversial Italian draft law dealing with homophobia

pope francis and cardinal pietro parolin leave the paul vi hall on february 12, 2015. (filippo monteforte/afp via getty images)   the v...
Staff Reporter

In spat over Italy's anti-homophobia law, the Vatican has little leverage, lots to lose

cover image: december 2013 cover of the advocate featuring pope francis as the magazine's person of the year   news analysis by charles...
Charles Collins

UN's rights chief sounds alarm over Tigray

united nations high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelet at the human rights council on june 21, 2021 in geneva. (fabrice coffrin...
Staff Reporter

New Survivor Reference Panel for Catholic Church in England and Wales

nazir afzal, the former crown prosecutor who leads the catholic safeguarding standards agency (undated file photo)   the church in engl...
Staff Reporter

How the Left Slanders the Right

writing in 1940, the  catholic herald columnist douglas jerrold describes the ways in which he thinks the english left misrepresented t...
Lessons from the Archives

Vatican Intervenes in Proposed ‘Anti-Homophobia’ Law in Italy

archbishop paul gallagher, the vatican secretary for relations with states./ daniel ibáñez/cna   vatican city, 22 june 2021 — the vatic...
Hannah Brockhaus

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