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Secularism, the new ancien régime

Espousing Catholicism used to be fatal to a French politician’s chances. The arrival of François Fillon shows how much the nation has changed

What I saw in the megachurches

American Evangelical churches pack in more than 2,000 worshippers every week. Our parishes have much to learn from them

Stephen Bullivant

Christian hope is the belief in the reality of heaven, says Pope Francis

The Pope continued his series of messages on hope at this week's general audience

Church launches survival plan for Iraq’s suffering Christians

Archbishop Bashar Warda said the Church wanted displaced people to return to their villages in peace and security

Council of German bishops endorses Communion for the remarried

The group did not include Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who has said the practice is against God's law

US bishops say Trump's refugee ban raises deep concerns over religious freedom

America must respect both the security of its people while maintaining religious liberty, the bishops said

Catholic News Service

Cardinal Müller: Communion for the remarried is against God’s law

The cardinal said that nobody, not even a pope, could change the teaching reaffirmed by St John Paul II

A key principle for the era of Francis and Trump: rulers are not above the law

The Church is not a democracy in the usual sense, but it is a society governed by law

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

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