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Pope Francis's message for 'our Lenten journey' released

pope francis's message for this year's lenten period has been released by the vatican. dated 6 february, the message was written the week be...

Cardinals gather at St Peter's to lead Church in evening rosary for Pope

rome – the vatican has announced an evening rosary for the pope’s recovery, starting monday, in st. peter's square. the holy see press offic...

The Catholic Herald

Doctors battle to save 'critical' Pope from kidney failure

rome – the pope was today treated for kidney failure as he remained in a "critical" condition after a ninth night in hospital. a statement f...

The Catholic Herald

Pope kept in hospital as his condition changes from 'stable' to 'complex'

rome – after two days of resting and diagnostic tests at rome’s gemelli hospital, pope francis is now undergoing treatment for a polymicrobi...

Leadbeater drops High Court judge safeguard from assisted suicide Bill

kim leadbeater has announced that she will scrap a major proposed safeguard to her assisted suicide bill, leading critics to claim that pati...

Hungary puts EU to shame by helping over 2 million persecuted Christians

hungary has helped more than two million persecuted christians through a government-funded aid scheme, according to a prominent hungarian po...

Slavery, open borders and the context of love beg the question: 'Who is my neighbour?'

both catholics and anglicans have been caught up in theological and political arguments about the relationship between politics and the theo...

‘To send out the oppressed in freedom’

in sunday’s gospel, as jesus reads from the scroll of isaiah (61:1-2) in his hometown synagogue, he strikingly adds a verse (58:6) from an e...

Fr David Howell

Trump pardons 23 peaceful pro-life activists jailed under Biden

us president donald trump has pardoned 23 peaceful pro-life activists jailed under the previous presidency of joe biden. mr trump signed an ...

Pope in arm sling after a fall

pope francis injured his right arm after falling at his vatican residence this morning, and is wearing a sling as a precautionary measure. i...