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The Maltese Church once defied secularisation. Now its bishops have surrendered

The Maltese bishops' guidelines on Communion mean that secular culture has triumphed over the Church

Once euthanasia is voluntary, it will become irresistible. Just ask the Dutch

Our task is difficult but urgent: to show that people who are old and ill nevertheless have value

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Order of Malta’s clash with Francis put funding at risk, admits official

The grand hospitaller of the order said donors 'decided maybe not to help us any more'

Junno Arocho Esteves

Doctor ‘asked family to hold down struggling euthanasia victim’

The case will be examined by Dutch prosecutors to see if a crime has been committed

The big story of the past seven days

✣  order of malta leader resigns what happened? pope francis intervened in the order of malta, reorganising its leadership. grand maste...

City honours Sister who saved Jews from Nazis

a religious sister who sheltered jews from the nazis has been honoured with a plaque in her home town of hull. sister agnes walsh, who died ...

Opus Dei leader: youngsters feel ‘crushed’

the new leader of opus dei has said that he would like to further the prelature’s programmes for young people. mgr fernando ocáriz braña tol...

Duterte: I’ll resign if bishops do

the president of the philippines has stepped up his conflict with the country’s bishops, daring them to resign. at a meeting with the bereav...

In brief

the most revd david chillingworth: correction and apology in last week’s issue, we incorrectly stated that the most revd david chillingworth...

Must Catholics resist Trump’s ban?

if the american bishops seem especially concerned about the rights of refugees, there is a good historical reason. in the aftermath of world...