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Papal envoy praises 'special spiritual climate' at Medjugorje

Archbishop Henryk Hoser said the 'biggest miracle' was the hundreds of confessions taking place every day

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Jesuit priest to be beatified in Ireland next month

The beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ will be the first ever held in Ireland

Priests in Congo 'flee to the forest' amid wave of violence against the Church

Congolese bishops say that 'each passing day sees new killings and burning of religious buildings'

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Venezuela's bishops back protests as country edges towards dictatorship

Bishops say Venezuelans 'can't remain passive' after a court ruling that parliament should be stripped of its powers

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Global Catholic population exceeds 1.28 billion

The five nations with the most Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, the United States and Italy

Saint of the week Gemma Galgani (April 11)

mother to her siblings st gemma galgani was born on march 12, 1878 in a small italian town near lucca in tuscany. her mother died when she w...

Word This Week

palm sunday is 50: 4-7; phil 2:6-11; mt 26:14-27 (year a) and when jesus entered jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil. ‘who is this?’ pe...

Bishop David McGough

Theatre: Tennant’s Don Juan: resistance is futile

having just seen sean foley’s ghastly sledgehammer approach to molière’s the miser at garrick theatre, it was particularly pleasing to see p...

'When the caliphate came...'

‘there is just too much to care about” is a response of many people in our news-saturated world. for many christians, in their charitable gi...