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Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican leaders issue joint call for "Protection of Creation"

pope francis has united with orthodox and anglican leaders to urge people everywhere to “eat, travel, spend, invest and live differently” in...

On the Record: Listening from Lent to Passiontide, with one eye on Easter

tenebrae factae sunt – there was darkness. tenebrae is a dramatic three-part liturgy for holy week, consisting of sung psalms, lessons and r...

Alex Hodgkinson

US executes Lisa Montgomery after Supreme Court lifts stay

the us federal government executed 52-year-old lisa montgomery on wednesday morning. federal executioners at the federal correctional comple...

Pope concelebrates Feast of St Joseph in hospital chapel

on wednesday morning the pope concelebrated mass for the liturgical solemnity of saint joseph in the chapel attached to his private suite on...

Catholic wins $12.7 million in religious discrimination case over COVID-19 vaccine refusal

a catholic woman has received $12.7 million in compensation after she was sacked from her job for refusing the covid vaccine for religious r...

Rupnik dismissed from Jesuits

the priest and artist father marko rupnik, accused of the physical and psychological abuse of numerous religious sisters, was dismissed from...

Hannah Brockhaus

Rheingold: Opera as life and death at the Royal Opera House

michael white enjoys an environmental rheingold, a quest for happiness and an epic celebration of stephen sondheim. as someone put it to me ...

Christians banned from villages in Chhattisgarh, India as religious hostility increases in state

Christians in India have been banned from living in their villages unless they renounce their faith.

God Knows, We Will Doubt God

when looking for a quote on doubt, on this feast of st thomas the apostle, whom we call "doubting thomas," i was surprised how differently p...

Eamon Duffy: My favourite book of the Bible is Genesis

irish historian eamon duffy on the ‘paradoxical power’ and gripping family drama of the book of genesis. having to nominate one favourite bi...