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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 ...

'Oppenheimer' reminds us of some crucial moral absolutes

on august 6   1945, president truman, when told that the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima had been even more “conspicuous” than the test ...

Anthony McCarthy

Bishop welcomes release from jail of mother who aborted baby at eight months

a catholic bishop has welcomed the release from jail of a woman who killed her unborn baby in a late term abortion as an act of “mercy and c...

Faith groups protest against Guatemala election interference

john lavenburg of crux reports on turmoil in the central american state following the first round of presidential elections new york – a net...

The Catholic Herald

Despite traditional difficulty, Catholic churches are finding success in receiving conservation funding this year

on april 19 a reception was held in the houses of parliament hosted by deputy speaker nigel evans mp to celebrate the remarkable achievement...

Homeless in Nicaragua lament Ortega’s expulsion of Brazilian nuns

são paulo (crux) – since missionary nuns of the institute of the poor of jesus christ, a brazilian women’s order, were expelled from nicarag...

Eduardo Campos Lima