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Boredom: a fault within ourselves

in 2011, a book by a young writer, bieke vandekerckhove, won an award for spiritual book of the year in her native belgium. entitled the tas...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser

John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne to close

Archbishop of Melbourne says 'small numbers of students' is forcing closure
Madeleine Teahan

Catholic women release statement condemning 'toxic politics of fear' ahead of presidential election

Mothers, academics and religious said elections should be a national examination of conscience
Catholic News Service

Get thee from the nunnery

The Reformation may have caused women's religious roles to be set back centuries
Amy Welborn

Nebraska bishops urge Catholics to support death penalty repeal

Bishops in Nebraska have urged voters to maintain the repeal of the death penalty in an upcoming vote
Catholic News Service

Swiss Christian nursing home must allow assisted suicide

A Christian nursing home in Switzerland must allow assisted suicide or lose its charitable status
Simon Caldwell

Brentwood Cathedral to be floodlit in red to highlight the plight of persecuted Christians

Brentwood is following the example of Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey
Staff Reporter

Hagia Sophia, Turkey's former cathedral, to appoint full-time imam

The appointment will fuel debate about Turkey's Islamic identity
Staff Reporter

Sulpicians to leave San Francisco Archdiocese's seminary after 118 years

The Sulpicians will completely withdraw from St Patrick's Seminary & University at the end of the academic year
Catholic News Service

World Meeting of Families 2018 to focus on 'renewal of marriage and family' in Ireland

The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the World Meeting is 'The Gospel of the Family - Joy for the World'
Catholic News Service