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Catholics to become largest group of churchgoers in Scotland

Researcher says that, if trends continue, more Catholics than Presbyterians will be in church on Sunday

Smartphone industry is built on 'the blood of Congolese people', says priest

Anyone who uses modern technology benefits from bloodshed, says Congolese rector

Fatima seers to be declared saints on May 13

The canonisation ceremony will be held exactly 100 years since the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima

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Why are Mexican teenagers so happy? The Catholic sense of community, says OECD chief

Gabriela Ramos said the religiosity of countries such as Mexico and Poland contributed to general levels of happiness

India’s tinderbox

christians will long remember palm sunday 2017 as the day that bombers struck two egyptian churches, killing at least 45 people. on holy sat...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   marine le pen ‘angry’ at pope francis what happened? marine le pen has criticised pope francis ahead of the first round of the fren...

The best of the blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online rome must beware anglican-style dialogue at his patheos.com blog, fr dwight longenecker asked whether “the...

Cause of Fr Hamel is officially opened

the archdiocese of rouen has opened a formal inquiry into the cause for beatification of fr jacques hamel, who was killed while celebrating ...

In brief

euthanasia cases in oregon steadily rising a study in the journal jama oncology has found the number of euthanasia cases in oregon has risen...