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Will the nun who saved my life be canonised?

My recovery from a 'flesh-eating bug' amazed nurses and defied medical explanation

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The Venezuelan gamble

in venezuela today 87 per cent of people can’t afford enough food for their families. they are on the so-called maduro diet, named after the...

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✣  media storm erupts over bannon and the pope what happened? donald trump’s chief of staff steve bannon has been accused of “carrying ...

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Priest: prayers to saintly nun saved my life

a glasgow priest whose survival of a “flesh-eating bug” is said to have defied medical explanation has attributed his recovery to the interc...

Cardinal praises Pope’s attitude to dubia

cardinal vincent nichols has expressed his support for pope francis in the wake of questions raised by four cardinals about parts of amoris ...

Pope appoints envoy to Medjugorje faithful

pope francis has appointed a polish archbishop to study the pastoral needs of the pilgrims flocking to medjugorje and the people who live in...

Francis reveals anti-stress secret

pope francis has said that to retain a sense of peace he writes down all his problems in notes to st joseph. during an audience with religio...

How your parish can host refugees

on sunday, as he accepted a bafta for i, daniel blake, ken loach said his film told the truth about a callous britain. “the most vulnerable ...