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liberating the gospel by david smith (dlt, £12.99) . the author, a former minister of eden chapel, cambridge, now lectures in divinity at ab...

Pictures of the Week

1 students at st george’s college, weybridge, celebrate their a-level results. 2 students and teachers at mayfield school in sussex. 3 lucy ...

The Catholic Herald

Ed West: We haven’t been this divided since the Victorians

i ticked off another “thing to do before i die” last month when i attended the annual wine-tasting day in châteauneuf-du-pape, which was the...

The effects of President Duterte's war on drugs will be catastrophic

The Philippines government is risking the worst of all outcomes

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Louisiana bishop calls for aid after 'worst US natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy'

Bishop Robert Muench has met 'countless' victims at three evacuation shelters amid Louisiana's historic floods

Catholic News Service

Five states file lawsuit over Obama administration's transgender regulations

A number of Republican-led states oppose new rules around transgender rights which could go against some doctors' religious beliefs

Associated Press

Reports: Attacker killed after stabbing guard at Coptic church in Egypt

Egypt's state news agency says the attack took place at the Virgin Mary church in Cairo's western suburb of Nozha

Associated Press

Pope leads 11,000 pilgrims praying rosary for Italy earthquake victims

The magnitude six earthquake which struck in the early hours of Wednesday has left many dead

Earthquake in central Italy leaves many dead

An Amatrice parish priest described the earthquake as an 'immense tragedy'

Associated Press

I was snobbish about Mrs Brown's Boys, until I watched it

The corny but hilarious Irish sitcom depicts the Church as a natural part of everyday life