Catholic Church

Pro-life doctors in Ireland call for robust conscience protections

'By equating abortion to the management of asthma... people are being disingenuous,' a senior doctor said

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Tasmania may criminalize priests for upholding seal of confession

The Archbishop of Hobart has condemned the move

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Young Scottish Catholics praise clergy who 'proclaim orthodox teaching'

In an open letter ahead of the Youth Synod, one hundred young Scots say it would be a mistake to downplay orthodoxy

Flying Vatican flag in a ‘provocative manner’ could be a criminal act, say Scottish police

Police Scotland included the flag in a list of potentially offensive symbols

Pope Francis calls for a youth synod 'anointed by hope'

Pope Francis said hope 'shatters that conformism which says 'it’s always been done like this’'

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Princess Alexandra's conversion highlights a great injustice in British law

She may be far down the line of succession, but it is still wrong to exclude her for being Catholic

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Letters from the Synod-2018: October 3 – As the Synod opens...

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Xavier Rynne II

Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/10/18

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5 bishops who could move the youth synod

The debate over the final wording of the document could prove even more contentious than the synod in 2015

Coptic community among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

They were nominated for 'their refusal to retaliate against deadly and ongoing persecution'

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