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'The powers of darkness are at war with life', says pro-life academic suspended by Catholic university

The Catholic University of Louvain has initiated 'disciplinary proceedings' against Stéphane Mercier

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A year to look backwards

The anniversaries of 2017 are a chance to ponder events that profoundly shape the world today

Fr Raymond de Souza

Francis: evangelisation isn’t about numbers

pope francis began a day trip to milan on saturday by visiting the poor and those who minister to them. he had lunch at the city’s historic ...

Lectio Divina

3 the sisters sent jesus a message: “lord, your dear friend is ill.” 4 when jesus heard it, he said, “the final result of this illness will ...

Mgr Anthony Abela

The big story of the past seven days

✣ pope gives landmark address to eu leaders what happened? pope francis addressed the leaders of the european union on the eve of the 60th a...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online the lowdown on genuflection in church should you always genuflect when entering a catholic church? not nec...

Terrorism has changed. So must we

would i demonstrate grace under pressure if i found myself in the midst of a terrorist attack? i like to hope for the best, even while suspe...

Pastor Iuventus

as i first read the letters of zélie martin, i was grateful for modern advances in medical science. and then i realised that technological p...

Pastor Iuventus

A year to look backwards

the anniversary is the columnist’s reliable friend. nothing in the news today worthy of comment? how about the news of 10, 50 or 100 years a...

Fr Raymond de Souza