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New poll finds Pope’s unfavourable rating among Americans at all-time high

new york – a new survey conducted this past december has found that while most american adults still have a favourable view of pope francis,...

Irish Medical Council endorses 'fundamental shift' in medical ethics paving way for government euthanasia push

the irish medical council has updated its ethical guidelines for doctors. the standout change—and a disturbing change, especially given the ...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Radio Maria and the biggest daily parish in the UK

simon caldwell meets the young priest who runs a catholic radio station from a priory in north london. fr toby lees, a young dominican pries...

Rome to be spruced up in time for Year of Jubilee, Mayor Gualtieri tells Pope Francis

rome – in a half-hour audience with pope francis on friday, rome’s mayor roberto gualtieri reported that more than 1,400 public work sites a...

Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf contemplates diaconate after conversion to Catholic faith

hollywood movie star shia labeouf is contemplating whether to become a deacon after his recent reception into the catholic church. the trans...

Strange bedfellows: Unlikely figures who rallied around the Traditional Latin Mass in the 60s and 70s

when the post-vatican ii liturgical reform was getting underway in 1966, and again when the reformed mass had been unveiled in 1971, petitio...

Catholicism and the corrida: a response

the catholic church must sever its ties with bullfighting, argues fr terry martin. pope francis famously wrote in laudato si’ that “every ac...

Fr Terry Martin

Staying connected to the Christian message of 'A Christmas Carol'

on this day 180 years ago charles dickens gave his first public reading of  a christmas carol . just two days after christmas, around 2...

Turkey votes for Christmas

…or at least its president seems to, explains lucien de guise . there was a glimmer of hope in the miasma of the middle east after the hamas...

Lucien de Guise

Fiducia Supplicans: an exercise in smoke and mirrors, where spin becomes substance and appearance reality

st john henry newman once considered the possibility of the crisis that would emerge if a church council or a pope introduced a doctrine tha...