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First Swedish bishop since the Reformation to be made a cardinal

Cardinal-designate Anders Arborelius said the appointment showed that even tiny groups of Catholics were important

After Manchester, Christians cannot turn a blind eye to evil

'Cowardly acquiescence is not the love of peace,' Dietrich von Hildebrand writes

Francis Phillips

Belgian bishops clash with Brothers of Charity over decision to allow euthanasia

The bishops said euthanasia 'attacked the very foundations of our civilisation'

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The big story of the past seven days

✣   lib dem leader reverses stance on abortion what happened? lib dem leader tim farron, who is a christian, found himself in an awkwar...

Mexican priest stabbed while saying Mass

a priest has been stabbed at the altar while celebrating mass in mexico city’s metropolitan cathedral. fr miguel angel machorro was stabbed ...

A split decision on Medjugorje?

on a summer’s day in 1981, two teenagers in a bosnian village reported seeing an apparition of the virgin mary, dressed in startling white a...

Stephen White: A city in the grip of Trump fever

the capital of the united states is a peculiar place. an unusually high portion of the people who live in the city and its environs either w...

Comments of the week

don’t miss this chance to help the unborn sir – fifty years ago the abortion act was passed. since then more than eight million abortions ha...

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Lectio Divina

sixth sunday of easter: john 14:15-21 16 the eleven disciples went to the hill in galilee where jesus had told them to go. 17 when they saw ...

Mgr Anthony Abela