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Mother Teresa’s terrifying premonition

Working at her side as the West prepared for war with Saddam Hussein, I saw her dread as she glimpsed the future of Middle Eastern Christianity

Fr Alexander Sherbrooke

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mother teresa booklet sent to surrey parishes a booklet about mother teresa will be distributed in all surrey parishes this weekend. mother ...

Boost for seminary whistleblowers

the trustees of ireland’s national seminary have agreed to bring in a policy to protect whistleblowers after serious allegations were made a...

Benedict XVI: I felt a duty to resign

benedict xvi has said in an interview that he felt a “duty” to resign from the papacy because of his declining health and the demands of pap...

Two nuns stabbed to death in their home

a man has been arrested by police in mississippi after two women religious were found stabbed to death in their home. sister margaret held, ...

What can Mass-goers do to stop terrorists?

mass at st joseph’s church in medan, indonesia, took a blood-curdling twist last sunday when an 18-year-old suddenly left his pew and ran to...

Madeleine Teahan

Mother Teresa’s terrifying premonition

those of us who knew her feel a twinge of guilt writing about blessed teresa of calcutta. mother’s life was always about the other, about je...

Fr Alexander Sherbrooke