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Young teens ‘more conservative’

british 14- and 15-year-olds are more socially conservative than any generation except the over-70s, researchers have claimed. the study, wh...

Priest who survived gulag is beatified

a polish-born priest who was deported to soviet-ruled central asia and volunteered to stay on and minister to catholics has been beatified. ...

Madeleine Teahan: Help! I'm failing as a godmother

six times a year i turn the page in my diary and feel a stab of remorse. there it is, etched in block capitals: “sam’s birthday next week”, ...

Madeleine Teahan

China’s evil secret

this article contains details which some readers may find disturbing ‘the scalpel cut into the chest and blood gushed out,” recalled an unna...

Benedict Rogers

Mary Kenny: A perverse tribute to the miracle of life

there is justifiably much concern about the latest innovation in the “life sciences”, the biological sciences dealing with human life. the l...

Television: Why I’m not in a stew over the Bake Off sale

before i get into this week’s review, we have to talk about the great british bake off. you’re doubtless aware that the bbc has been outbid ...

How America’s progressives unleashed ‘moral chaos’

resurrecting the idea of a christian society by rr reno, regnery faith, £21 i groan a little when i read an opening sentence like: “our coun...

Saint of the Week: Pio of Pietrelcina (September 23)

reports of levitation padre pio is one of the church’s most well-known and beloved saints. he was born francesco forgione, on may 25, 1887, ...

Catholic and Orthodox theologians 'reach landmark agreement'

Scholars reportedly achieve breakthrough on synodality and primacy

Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/09/16

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