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Pope: ‘Do not equate Islam with violence’

speaking to journalists on his return flight from kraków on sunday, pope francis said that violence exists in all religions including cathol...
Staff writers

Did Fr Hamel die a martyr’s death?

if we know fr jacques hamel is a martyr, we should be praying to him. if we don’t, then we should be praying for him. these are the very pra...
Dan Hitchens

The saints’ answer to terrorism

the killing on july 26 of fr jacques hamel, as he said mass in normandy, brings sharply to mind the priests the church has lost to murder ac...
Sir Mark Allen

Don’t mention Regensburg

kraków fifteen years after the september 11 attacks, and 10 years after benedict xvi’s address at regensburg, pope francis has adopted the c...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The peril of having too much fear

‘the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” said franklin d roosevelt facing the economic crisis of 1933. he went on to describe it as ...
Quentin de la Bedoyere

Saint of the week: Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (August 9)

journey to truth st edith stein’s feast day is on august 9, the date of her death in auschwitz. even if she had not died as a martyr, stein ...
Staff Reporter

Four lessons all Catholics can learn from the martyrdom of Fr Hamel

Martyrdom is an act of witness; it is a way that God has of trying to tell His Church something important, and we must listen
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Police drag Catholic priest out of Paris church in anti-demolition protests

Thirty people barricaded themselves inside the church of St Rita
Staff Reporter

World Youth Day in Panama will be a 'Latina fiesta', says bishop

Cardinal Jose Lacunza Maestrojuan said the country would give World Youth Day 2019 a distinctive flavour
Catholic News Service

It's important pilgrims take the experience of WYD beyond Kraków and into our daily lives

We must believe 'in a new humanity' and stand against extremism on one side and relativism on the other
Daisy Powles

All faiths must be 'workers for peace', says sister of Fr Jacques Hamel at funeral

An estimated 1,700 people gathered in Rouen cathedral for the funeral Mass of the murdered priest
Associated Press

Pope Francis was wrong to equate Islamist terror with 'Catholic violence'

The Pope made clear his current thinking, that there is no such phenomenon as Islamist violence, any more than domestic violence in Italy constitutes 'Catholic violence'
Fr Raymond de Souza

Pope Francis sets up commission on women deacons

The Pope named Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to serve as president of the commission
Cindy Wooden

Polish cardinal dies aged 89

Cardinal Franciszek Macharski became Archbishop of Kraków after the election of Pope John Paul II
Associated Press

World Youth Day is over. Now the hard work of living its message begins

People often say young pilgrims only go to WYD for a good time, but scratch the surface and you find real engagement with Christ
Brother Conor McDonough

Crowdfunding campaign launched to save Welsh chapel where martyrs said Mass

The Gunter Chapel in Wales faces destruction unless funds can be raised to protect and repair it
Susan Byron

Why pilgrimage matters in the modern world

Visits to World Youth Day and Lourdes remind us that the Church belongs to the poor, not the rich
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Hand gestures, wandering around, replacing the crucifix: we priests need to respect the rubrics

'Do the red and say the black' is simple advice, but it could save a lot of trouble
Fr Matthew Pittam

Young Catholics celebrate World Youth Day at Washington event

Kraków in the Capital was celebrated on the campus of The Catholic University of America
Catholic News Service

Next World Youth Day to be held in Panama

In his homily, the Pope said God 'demands of us real courage, the courage to be more powerful than evil'
Associated Press

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