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The jury’s still out

sometimes it seems as if there are only two kinds of catholics: those who believe in medjugorje and those who don’t. the first rush off to b...

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✣ highlights from the week online emmanuel macron: catholique zombie? catholic news agency asked whether france’s new president emmanuel mac...

Nigerian archbishop appointed nuncio to Ireland

pope francis has appointed nigerian archbishop jude thaddeus okolo as apostolic nuncio to ireland. archbishop okolo is the first african to ...

Bishops: vote on Brexit, migrants and the family

the bishops of england and wales have issued guidance for the forthcoming general election, urging catholics to question candidates on issue...

Fatima seers become youngest non-martyr saints

pope francis said that our lady of fatima did not appear “so that we could see her”, but as a warning against a “godless” way of life, as he...

Kidnapped priest pleads for help

indian salesian fr tom uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in yemen more than a year ago, has pleaded in a video message for the indian government...

News in brief

ghana bishops praise new mining policy the bishops’ conference of ghana has praised the government’s crackdown on illegal mining. hundreds o...

Northern Ireland’s buried secrets

forty-five years is a long time to wait for anything. yet the family of joe lynskey, missing since 1972, has not given up on finding his bod...

The Inquisition, minus the torture

first it was tim farron and then andrew turner. there are a few trifling things for the world to worry about, such as the war in syria, star...

Does Fido have a soul? That’s the wrong question

informed catholics are likely to dismiss the animal rights protesters who stormed a church in italy earlier this year, demanding that the ch...