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Surprise jump in pupils taking Religious Studies

new figures show an increase in the number of pupils taking religious studies at both gcse and a level. entries to religious studies gcse ha...

In brief

cardinal: problem of unsafe water ‘shameful’ cardinal peter turkson has told religious leaders in stockholm that it is a “continuing shame” ...

Benedict XVI: I felt a duty to resign

benedict xvi has said in an interview that he felt a “duty” to resign from the papacy because of his declining health and the demands of pap...

Two nuns stabbed to death in their home

a man has been arrested by police in mississippi after two women religious were found stabbed to death in their home. sister margaret held, ...

What can Mass-goers do to stop terrorists?

mass at st joseph’s church in medan, indonesia, took a blood-curdling twist last sunday when an 18-year-old suddenly left his pew and ran to...

Madeleine Teahan

Laura Keynes: The tricky rules of Catholic parenting

the first rule of the catholic parent club is do not sit at the front. brendan seemed to have forgotten this as he confidently strode up tow...

The saint who outlasted her critics

when hundreds of thousands of people flock toward st peter’s square on sunday for the canonisation of mother teresa, it will mark the culmin...

William Doino Jr

Christianity without nostalgia

my baptismal certificate gives the time and place – as an infant, in the mid-20th century, in a parish of the church of england, at the hand...

Mother Teresa refused to be silenced

the canonisation of blessed teresa of calcutta will be hailed far and wide by those within and without the church. she was the most famous, ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Comments of the Week

the history of priestly celibacy isn’t so simple sir – fr jerome bertram’s article on priestly celibacy (feature, august 19) repeats a numbe...

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