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Jihadis butcher 200 Nigerian Christians in fresh massacre

in a horrifying escalation of violence, between 100 and 200 christians were murdered by fulani jihadist herdsmen in nigeria’s benue state, a...
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Pope Leo XIV’s ancestry includes African American roots and ties to Justin Bieber

the ancestry of pope leo xiv has been traced across more than 15 generations and four continents, encompassing african american, french, spa...
The Catholic Herald

Court acquits drag artist over ‘Our Father’ performance

a manila court has acquitted filipino drag artist amadeus fernando pagente, better known as pura luka vega, in a high-profile case involving...
Joseph SanMateo

Abortion, contraception and the breast cancer epidemic

just over 20 years ago an american scientist called professor joel brind visited london in the hope that his findings of a causal link betwe...
Simon Caldwell

Los Angeles archdiocese responds to riots

the archdiocese of los angeles is trying to help counter the widespread violence that has broken out in the city during protests against fed...
The Catholic Herald

Clerical abuse survivor starts Brazil’s first network for other victims 57 years after ordeal

a victim of clerical sexual abuse that occurred 57 years ago has created brazil’s first organisation that represents other victims of such a...
EduardoCamposLima

Pope Leo's advice if feeling ‘stuck and blocked’: look to Jesus

christians "who feel lost and without a way out” should bring their pain to jesus christ, pope leo xiv has declared, describing how such a c...
The Catholic Herald

Muslims and non-religious outpaced Christian growth from 2010-2020, reports Pew

the number of muslims in the world and the number of people who do not have a religious affiliation both grew faster than the number of chri...
The Catholic Herald

Mount Sinai: why the West must wake up to the erasure of Christianity in the Middle East

the last few decades have been terrible for christians in the levant and wider middle east. the iraq war and the rise of islamic state and a...
Alexander Stafford MP

Lebanese Church thrives against all odds maintaining 1,600-year link with Rome

when i recently visited lebanon with aid to the church in need (acn), i expected to find a suffering church. instead, i encountered a vibran...
Amy Balog