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On Mgr Freddie Miles's diamond jubilee, a friend considers his life

A few months ago I was visiting Mgr Freddie Miles at home in St Peter's Residence near the Oval in south London, writes Fran Godfrey

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Donkey born at Wintershall

Talitha, pictured right, is the filly who was recently born on the Wintershall estate

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Jesus is the foundation of true renewal

Bishop John Jukes says Catholics must become ever more deeply convinced of the significance of our Redeemer for all men and women

Bishop John Jukes

Leeds bishop plans to almost halve number of parishes

Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds has announced a programme of church mergers and closures that will cut the number of parishes in his diocese almost by half

Belgian nurses admit killing without consent

Study discovers that half of nurses involved in euthanasia have killed without permission

Archbishop: organisers will try to keep to £7m budget for papal visit

Bishops have promised to operate within the original £7million budget planned for the papal visit, despite reports of soaring costs

St Antony of Padua - June 13

A small and corpulent preacher with an irresistible personality

Eleventh Sunday of the Year

A meditation on this Sunday's readings: 2 Samuel 12:7-10; Galatians 2:16 & 19-21; Lk 7:36-8:3

Bishop David McGough

Football is not the new religion

... it just extends the old one, says Patrick West, who looks at Christianity's influence on the game ahead of the World Cup

'Behold the Heart that has so loved men'

Sister Janet Fearns surveys the history of the Sacred Heart

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