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Will the nun who saved my life be canonised?

My recovery from a 'flesh-eating bug' amazed nurses and defied medical explanation

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Priest: prayers to saintly nun saved my life

a glasgow priest whose survival of a “flesh-eating bug” is said to have defied medical explanation has attributed his recovery to the interc...

Cardinal praises Pope’s attitude to dubia

cardinal vincent nichols has expressed his support for pope francis in the wake of questions raised by four cardinals about parts of amoris ...

Pope appoints envoy to Medjugorje faithful

pope francis has appointed a polish archbishop to study the pastoral needs of the pilgrims flocking to medjugorje and the people who live in...

Francis reveals anti-stress secret

pope francis has said that to retain a sense of peace he writes down all his problems in notes to st joseph. during an audience with religio...

Mgr Peter Smith: Will the nun who saved my life be canonised?

i sat in glasgow royal infirmary last summer and the consultant told me that i had cancer: stage 4, aggressive and incurable. when people sa...

Mgr Peter Smith

The changing world of Catholic charities

first, the good news. the past 50 years has seen millions of people brought out of poverty, thanks largely to health and nutrition improveme...

Looking back at a tragic misjudgment

andrew watson, the anglican bishop of guildford, must be a pretty remarkable chap. he was among those young people at a christian holiday ca...

The degrading of marriage

last week was marriage week. this is an international celebration promoted by the marriage foundation. the organisation refers to recent stu...

Quentin de la Bedoyere