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An African cardinal asks a good question: What about Communion for polygamists?

Virtually every priest who has worked in Africa knows that this is a serious pastoral issue

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

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Turkish bishop says Catholics are 'afraid of coming to Mass' after terror attacks

Bishop Tierrablanca said police had stepped up security at churches since last year's coup attempt

Jonathan Luxmoore

To rebuild you need hope, not optimism, Pope tells earthquake survivors

Pope Francis greeted thousands of Italian earthquake survivors at the Vatican

Junno Arocho Esteves

Poll reveals ‘most spiritual’ parts of Britain

a poll for the times has found that the midlands and wales are the “most spiritual” parts of britain. only 31 per cent of respondents in the...

Prince: persecution of Christians overlooked

prince charles has said that the scale of anti-christian persecution is “not widely appreciated” and that for many people in the middle east...

Cause opens for mystic who bore stigmata

the diocese of youngstown, ohio, has formally opened the cause of the woman who inspired mother angelica to become a nun. more than 1,000 pe...

Cardinals ‘may correct Pope privately’

cardinal walter brandmüller, one of the four cardinals who have asked pope francis to reaffirm church teaching, has discussed the possibilit...

The abortion industry exposed

a devastating report emerged before christmas from the care quality commission following inspections of marie stopes international (msi) abo...

Madeleine Teahan

Colin Brazier: The guests who must be handled with care

for weeks on end – and at the time of writing – i remain “on standby” to go to mosul in iraq. being on call is one of the most disruptive an...