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Congolese Catholics rally round as Cardinal Ambongo accused of 'sedition' in DRC

yaoundé, cameroon – after a prosecutor in the democratic republic of congo announced an investigation of cardinal fridolin ambongo of kinsha...
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Whoever defends God is defending Man

last july i took my kids on the train to the royal society summer science exhibition which coincided with that year’s pride march. on the wa...
Katherine Bennett

MPs to vote on abortion amendments on May 15, Parliament told

mps will have the opportunity to change the uk’s abortion law on may 15, it was announced in parliament yesterday. amendments to the crimina...
The Catholic Herald

Staff become Catholics after new programme in schools

an innovative evangelisation programme in the archdiocese of southwark has led to four staff members in catholic schools being received into...
The Catholic Herald

Catholic imprint on six ‘swing states’ may shape the global future

rome – were you to ask veteran vatican-watchers to name the six most important prelates in the catholic church today beyond the pope himself...
John L Allen

Gillian Keegan announces 'landmark decision' to lift faith-based admissions cap on free schools

education secretary gillian keegan has announced plans to lift the notorious faith-based admissions cap on new free schools. following lobby...
Simon Caldwell

‘Justice and peace shall kiss’ in Verona during Pope’s visit

pope francis is due to make what will be his second journey of the year beyond rome in order to visit the italian city of verona, the famous...
The Catholic Herald

REVIEW – The Illuminated Window: Stories across Time, by Virginia Chieffo Raguin

the illuminated window: stories across time virginia chieffo raguin reaktion books, £30, 272 pages writing in the first half of the 12th cen...
Mary Walker

Sir Edward Leigh MP at the Catholic Union: A 'loveable rascal' retires

it’s always nice to be asked to a party – especially when it’s in the grand surroundings of the mother of parliaments, when i get to rub sho...
The Catholic Herald

Augustine Institute’s new campus aims to become evangelising 'crossroads' for renewal of Church in US

new york – following the purchase of a sprawling new campus in florissant, missouri, the president of the augustine institute says he envisi...
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