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Egyptian Christian shot dead by militants in front of his wife and child

The murder – the sixth in less than a month – comes after ISIS promised to step up its attacks

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Jesus is severe with Christians who lead a double life, says Francis

Their lives cause scandal, the Pope said, and lead people to say 'it would be better to be an atheist'

Junno Arocho Esteves

The big story of the past seven days

✣  roe v wade plaintiff turned pro-lifer dies at 69 what happened? norma mccorvey, the roe of the infamous us abortion judgment roe v w...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online a philosopher’s deathbed request at the national catholic register, robert royal paid tribute to th...

Pray for those who dislike you, urges Pope

a practical first step towards holiness is to pray for your enemies, pope francis has said. during a parish visit on saturday evening, the p...

Fatima Cause takes step forward

the diocese of coimbra has concluded its phase of the cause of carmelite sister lucia dos santos, one of the three children who saw our lady...

On the trail of that GKC quote

of all the wonderful chesterton quotations, perhaps the finest and best known is the following. the times, having posed the question “what’s...

Stephen Bullivant

Mary Kenny: Who would Joan of Arc vote for?

a fresh theatrical production of st joan claims that bernard shaw’s play is now “relevant to our time”. but the story of joan of arc is rele...

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