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Neocats co-founder dies aged 85

pope francis has offered his condolences after the death of carmen hernández, the co-founder of the neocatechumenal way. the pope urged...

New rules issued for contemplative women

pope francis has issued a series of new regulations to help contemplative women religious renew their life and mission in the church and the...

Cardinal: my mother was told to abort me

cardinal raymond burke has revealed that his mother was advised to abort him. in a book-length interview with journalist guillaume d’alançon...

Pope deplores ISIS murder of French priest at Mass

pope francis has condemned the “absurd violence” in rouen, northern france, where a priest was killed at mass on tuesday by two armed men. f...

Pictures of the week

1 bishop paul mason with thanet deanery deacons ambrose tuckell, james burleigh, neville gascoigne and charles parker. deacon burleigh ...

In brief

life of venerable to be staged in edinburgh the life of venerable margaret sinclair is to be performed as a play in edinburgh next month. th...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online surprises for a cardinal cardinal pell’s secretariat for the economy “has had its wings clipped in ...

Andrew M Brown: Gripping music for the easily bored

i thought subjecting two children, aged 10 and 11, to a whole evening of handel might be a strain, that they would be bored and fidgety (per...

The big story of the past seven days

✣   clinton picks catholic running mate what happened? hillary clinton has named a catholic as her running mate in the american preside...

Comments of the Week

now that’s what i call a proper pilgrimage sir – if jonathan wright (feature, july 22) is seeking a real penitential pilgrimage with no sigh...

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