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Fr Matthew Pittam: Summoned by bells

i have been the priest of a small, rural parish for several years now. our church is a modest and modern building which sits well in its vil...

Fr Matthew Pittam

Prize crossword 0553

cryptic across 5 concerning, relationship of a bishop – foolish, if platonic (10) 7 gothic writer’s suppressing pressure to become a catholi...

Richard Ingrams: The author who saw Ireland change utterly

when i first went to ireland in 1962, it seemed like a foreign country – more foreign than france, even though the inhabitants spoke the sam...

Richard Ingrams

Pope Francis changes Catechism to say death penalty 'inadmissible'

Cardinal Ladaria said the change does not contradict previous Church teaching

Pope Francis may not meet abuse survivors in Ireland, says archbishop

The Archbishop of Dublin said it would be 'great' if a meeting could be arranged but that 'time is very tight'

US bishop releases names of 71 clergy accused of abuse

The Bishop of Harrisburg also ordered the names of former bishops to be removed from buildings

Catholic News Service

UK Supreme Court ruling on withdrawing hydration morally wrong, bishop says

It is never compassionate to remove food and drink to cause death, Bishop John Wilson said

Want to deal with abusive clergy? Look to medieval times, says historian

St Peter Damian said lack of fear of the Lord and His last judgment leads to prelates going astray

'Last-ditch' effort to save cross-shaped war memorial

Secularists want to have the monument destroyed for violating the separation of government and religion

Catholic News Service

Pope Francis meets 60,000 altar servers from around the world

The Pope told the servers to aspire to become saints

Junno Arocho Esteves