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Sex education to be compulsory in all schools

government plans to make sex education compulsory in all schools have been condemned by a pro-life charity but welcomed by the catholic educ...

Catholics shelter Copts fleeing terrorists

catholic churches and schools are offering shelter to coptic orthodox families fleeing isis in egypt’s north sinai region. fr rafic greiche,...

Cardinal: we’re not blocking reform on abuse

the vatican’s doctrinal chief has dismissed accusations that vatican officials are resisting recommendations on best practices for protectin...

Dutch churchmen criticise populists

dutch church leaders have signed a petition against the “exploitation of christianity” by populist politicians ahead of next week’s parliame...

Do clerical abusers also deserve mercy?

it was the sort of headline which only appears in the nightmares of vatican press officers. “pope quietly trims sanctions for paedophile pri...

Madeleine Teahan

Tim Stanley: Why the West should envy India

i wouldn’t say you “see” india so much as experience it. i’ve just returned from a two-week tour and my abiding memory is rubbish. rubbish, ...

The end of the ‘Hitler’s Pope’ myth

it has scarcely been noticed in britain, but a remarkable development has recently taken place in holocaust studies. nearly two years ago, t...

Fr Leo Chamberlain OSB

Population alarmism stinks

horsesh––. that’s what came to mind when reading reports of the recent meeting of the pontifical academy of social sciences (pass), convened...

Fr Raymond de Souza

God’s gift to the powerless

the second sunday of lent gn 12:1-4a; ps 33; 2 tm 1:8b-10; mt 17:1-9 reality or vision, this we have seen. if it had lasted but another mome...

Archbishop George Stack

Comments of the week

as a prisoner, i know bishop moth is right sir – i write to offer my gratitude to bishop richard moth for highlighting the desperate fact th...

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