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The arrest of Cardinal Zen: A new low for China's 'brutal' Communist regime

arresting a 90 year-old cardinal marks a new low for a chinese communist party regime that had already sunk to shocking levels of inhumanity...

Cardinal Zen arrested by China for alleged 'collusion with foreign forces'

cardinal joseph zen has been arrested by the authorities in hong kong, according to local media reports. the 90-year-old former catholic bis...

U.S. Catholic churches attacked following Roe vs Wade court leak

criminal acts targeting catholic churches and pro-life advocates were reported after a weekend marked by unrest in multiple locations in the...

Bishops scrap final Covid restrictions by restoring 'Sunday obligation' to attend Mass from Pentecost

the obligation for catholics to attend mass on sunday and holy days is to be re-introduced in england and wales from pentecost. the decision...

Biden twists Catholic teaching to defend abortion up to birth

president joe biden has asserted that no “mainstream” religion claims to know when human life begins, contradicting his catholic faith. bide...

U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion ruling

the u.s. supreme court will vote to overturn roe v. wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to draft opinion c...

The restoration of two Bentley churches

in the 19th century, the “potteries” in notting dale, west london, were an area of considerable degradation, with many poor irish catholic i...

Pivot to summer

so much of the life of any garden depends on what happens in the sky above it and spring is when it matters most. the manner in which the at...

Pope names new Archbishop of Paris

pope francis has named archbishop laurent ulrich as the new catholic archbishop of paris. ulrich, the archbishop of lille, northern france, ...

Priest stabbed repeatedly at church in France

a 72-year-old religious sister has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to disarm a man stabbing a priest at a cath...

Vatican clears Polish cardinal of negligence after abuse probe

the vatican has ended an investigation into allegations that polish cardinal stanisław dziwisz failed to investigate claims of clerical sex ...

Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis shares 'apprehension' over German synodal path, says senior Vatican cardinal

a top cardinal at the vatican has confirmed pope francis’ apprehension about germany’s “synodal path,” cardinal kurt koch  said that cr...

After the FSSP’s dispensation from Traditiones Custodes, how firm is the ground on which the Ecclesia Dei institutes rest?

reeling from two blows to liturgical traditionalists in july and december 2021, the priestly fraternity of saint peter (fssp) attained a deg...

Christian MP who quoted from Bible cleared of hate crimes

a finnish court has cleared a christian mp of hate crimes after she was prosecuted for quoting verses from the bible. a court in helsinki di...

Westminster reports Tyburn Nuns to Vatican over refusal to accept jabs against coronavirus

tyburn convent could face a vatican investigation after a majority of the nuns refused to accept vaccinations against covid-19. the enclosed...

Pope visits Ukrainian refugee children in Rome hospital

pope francis has made a surprise visit to ukrainian refugee children being treated in the bambino gesù children's hospital in rome. the chil...

Ghosts of Poland's past

in school in poland, i was taught about two world wars on the european continent. i never imagined that in the 21st century, i would be...

Ksawery Danilowicz

Government investigates cancellation of gay teen fiction author's visit to Catholic schools

the archdiocese of southwark is facing an investigation by the government after cancelling a visit by a gay children’s author to two catholi...

Redemptorist relief: how a religious order is caring for refugees in Ukraine

in an unnamed town in war-scarred north-eastern ukraine, an enormous icon of our lady of perpetual succour watches over two dozen or so tire...

Pope sends two cardinals to Ukraine as he laments 'rivers of blood and tears'

pope francis condemned russia’s invasion of ukraine and expressed his solidarity with the country on sunday. “rivers of blood and tears are ...

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