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Asia Bibi: Former Conservative vice-chair rebukes government over refusal to grant asylum

Rehman Chishti criticised religious freedom envoy Lord Ahmed for refusing to meet Bibi's family

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/11/18

history will conclude with christ's eternal reign , pope francis said at yesterday's angelus ( full text , full video ). bishop robert morli...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/11/18

the holy see’s request that the us bishops not vote on abuse-related measures was “disappointing” , cardinal blase cupich has said. human bo...

Cafod defends appointment of Christine Allen as director

Allen has criticised Church teaching on contraception, saying it was part of a 'battle' about 'the very nature of church'

Dinners, deliveries and drives: how some Catholics serve up Thanksgiving for the poor

while many will gather for thanksgiving this year around tables filled with food and family, the national council of the u.s. society of st....

Maggie Maslak/CNA

We need an answer to idolatrous nationalism. But don't look to Emmanuel Macron

The way to head off the worst strains of nationalism is to pre-empt them with more humane appeals to legitimate concerns for national identity

Is a man entitled to kill to defend his property from burglars?

is a man entitled to use a gun to defend his property from burglars – and then shoot dead one of these intruders? i found that a difficult m...

A new journal will challenge academic groupthink - and devotees of free speech

The Journal of Controversial Ideas will offend progressives. But let's remember that controversy is not valuable in and of itself

The monsignor who lived at a gentlemen's club

i have dinner at the travellers club in london’s pall mall with an author who has written widely on both the church of england and the royal...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

The legalisation of abortion may force a bishop to abdicate as prince

one of europe’s strangest church-state relationships may soon come to an end if a catholic bishop is forced to abdicate as co-prince of ando...

Jonathan Luxmoore