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Kidnapped Nigerian priest and seminarian released by captors

a priest and a seminarian kidnapped in nigeria’s middle belt have been released after three weeks in captivity. fr paul sanogo and brother m...

The Catholic Herald

Finnish politician on trial for 'hate speech' for defending traditional marriage

finnish politician päivi räsänen is on trial this week for “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” after publicly sharing in 2019 her biblical,...

Olenka Hamilton

Why capital punishment is not the answer to evil

inflicting harm for harm's sake is anathema to human nature.  we recoil from people who relish causing deliberate but needless pai...

Nicholas Reed Langen

Rebel Italian cleric formally dismissed from priesthood

rome – a high-profile italian priest who championed euthanasia and same-sex marriage has been dismissed from the priesthood at his own reque...

Pakistani Bishops announce Day of Prayer for "peace and harmony" in wake of mob violence

rome – after angry mobs of muslims attacked a series of christian homes and churches in pakistan on wednesday 16 august, the country’s catho...

US Catholic couple sues after being blocked from adopting children due to religious beliefs

new york – a massachusetts catholic couple has sued the state, alleging that they were blocked from adopting children through the state’s fo...

Chaldean Patriarch says withdrawal of recognition of his role is climax of campaign to seize Church's assets

the leader of iraq’s largest christian community has condemned a presidential order overturning a decree which recognises him as patriarch, ...

Olenka Hamilton

"Share your joy with others!" Pope Francis's message to 1.5 million young people

lisbon – pope francis has told a crowd of young people at a prayer vigil for world youth day (wyd), estimated by organisers to be in the reg...

Elise Ann Allen

Response to life

michael white enjoys three very different outstanding performances. when music tourists go to leipzig it tends to be for js bach, who lies b...

Painted Love in Bath, Somerset

the marriage portraits at an exhibition in bath not only capture a likeness, but contain much symbolism, says katherine cole . walk through ...