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Brompton Oratory Provost tells pro-assisted suicide MPs not to receive Communion

the very reverend julian large has pleaded, in fraternal charity, with mps who voted in favour of either abortion up until birth or assisted...
The Catholic Herald

Pope offers 'sincere condolences' for summer camp victims of Texas flooding

after a devastating flood hit the hill country of texas, pope leo xiv has offered his prayers for the victims, some of whom were children at...
Charles Collins

Pope Leo has much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

after pope leo xiv arrives in castel gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to prove a real vacation for the new pontiff. when cardin...
Charles Collins

Christ's blood has an infinite power to cleanse our souls

“ behold, i will extend peace to her like a river” (isaiah 66:12) in today’s first reading, peace is described as a river, and in this month...
Fr David Howell

French archbishop made head of Pope's commission for protection of children

pope leo xiv has appointed a french archbishop as the new president of the pontifical commission for the protection of minors. he replaces a...
Charles Collins

Cadíz: Catholicism, culture and cuisine

i came to spain late – my loss. i came to andalucia even later and seek to remedy that deficiency by returning each winter to escape the gre...
Fr Mark Vickers

On pilgrimage with Noelle Mering, author of 'Awake, Not Woke'

where would you go? i'm co-leading a pilgrimage to poland this year, otherwise, that might have been my first choice. the holy land is a str...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo is spurning populism for a more institutional style of leadership

like the populist he was, pope francis felt an instinctive scepticism about bureaucracies, including the one he was called to lead. famously...
John L Allen

Pope Leo urges Catholic school teachers to be ‘models in life’

pope leo xiv has said that catholic school teachers should be “models in life" as well as "models of faith" during what he described as a te...
Charles Collins

Summer Letters: Our Lady's Dowry, meat and veg, the Anscombe Centre and more

Catholics debate faith, ethics, food, and tradition in letters on bioethics, vegetarianism, celibacy, Church policy, and Pope Leo XIV.
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