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Put aside ideology and work to rebuild Aleppo, urge Catholic leaders

Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo asked people to approach the 'shattered city as if we were coming to the stable in Bethlehem'

Catholic News Service

Filipino Bishops clash with Duterte over death penalty bill

The Philippine House of Representatives will vote by the end of this year on reinstating capital punishment

Catholic News Service

The best films of 2016

Son of Saul, The Club and Anomalisa all helped make 2016 a fantastic year in cinema

The big story of the past seven days

✣  pope defends amoris as ‘a result of two synods’ what happened? pope francis has said that everything in amoris laetitia resulted fro...

Pope: make more room for God at Christmas

the christmas tree and nativity scene are symbols of god’s love and hope, reminding us to contemplate the beauty of creation and welcome t...

Church bombed during clashes in Burma

a catholic church has been bombed in the conflict-torn northern shan state as renewed fighting intensified between the burmese military and ...

Colin Brazier: The rough and tumble of large family life

notwithstanding the reality of earning a crust by appearing on television daily, i remain a shy soul. my wife, by contrast, loves to show of...

Catholic of the Year: The cheerful shepherd

on the website of the diocese of portsmouth, there is a video of bishop philip egan delivering his october 2016 pastoral letter on the futur...

The Catholic Herald

The Beeb must atone for its Pius slur

the bbc is not the most self-critical of organisations but lord alton of liverpool and fr leo chamberlain of ampleforth have actually prevai...

The inside story of the St Mary’s revival

when the board of the largest catholic university in britain tried to recruit francis campbell as its vice-chancellor in 2013, he was intent...