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Home Office to churches: help us settle refugees

the home office has appealed to churches to help integrate refugees, as it tries to meet a target of accepting 20,000 syrians. the full comm...

City honours Sister who saved Jews from Nazis

a religious sister who sheltered jews from the nazis has been honoured with a plaque in her home town of hull. sister agnes walsh, who died ...

Knights accept resignation of Grand Master

the governing council of the order of malta accepted the resignation of the former grand master last weekend – despite a “handful” of its 10...

Vice president: ‘Life is winning’ in the US

us vice president mike pence told tens of thousands of people gathered at the march for life rally last weekend that “life is winning in ame...

Opus Dei leader: youngsters feel ‘crushed’

the new leader of opus dei has said that he would like to further the prelature’s programmes for young people. mgr fernando ocáriz braña tol...

Duterte: I’ll resign if bishops do

the president of the philippines has stepped up his conflict with the country’s bishops, daring them to resign. at a meeting with the bereav...

In brief

the most revd david chillingworth: correction and apology in last week’s issue, we incorrectly stated that the most revd david chillingworth...

Must Catholics resist Trump’s ban?

if the american bishops seem especially concerned about the rights of refugees, there is a good historical reason. in the aftermath of world...

When politics replaces morality

‘you have a duty to disobey to the ecclesial authorities on temporal matters!” you might assume that the man saying these words, standing in...