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Benedict ‘to destroy diary kept while pope’

benedict xvi kept a diary throughout his papacy but plans to destroy it, according to an italian newspaper. the retired pope apparently...

Pope will pray, not speak, at Auschwitz

pope francis has cancelled a speech during his visit to auschwitz this month, saying he would prefer to mark the moment in silence. the vati...

Don’t go looking for scapegoats, say faith leaders

cardinal vincent nichols has signed a letter calling on people in britain to “challenge racial and communal prejudice wherever it is found”,...

Dominicans to return parishes to dioceses

the dominicans are to hand parishes in glasgow and durham back to their respective dioceses. the english province of the dominicans released...

Mary Kenny: Iceland’s moral victory

it is claimed that the french philosopher albert camus once said that “what i’ve learned about morality i’ve learned from football”. the act...

What draws Muslims to the Church

hilaire belloc wrote in 1938 that “islam is apparently unconvertible”. but since the archdiocese of vienna reported five to 10 baptismal req...

Jacob Fareed Imam

The words all priests need to hear

it’s become something of a routine now. pope francis delivers a spontaneous lambasting of priests who do this or that which he disapproves o...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Miracles never went away

after sleeping with her fiancé’s brother, loretta floats into her mother’s brooklyn kitchen only to hear that her fiancé has returned from p...

Elizabeth Scalia

Showdown in the Philippines

only one cardinal had their own campaign song at the last conclave. not an official one, of course: presumably that would result in an early...

When Japan’s Christians rose up against the state

christ’s samurai by jonathan clements robinson, £14.99 in late 1637, rebellion erupted in the amakusa islands in south-western japan and qui...

Jonathan Wright