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Switzerland’s largest Catholic women’s group drops ‘Catholic’ from name

the swiss catholic women’s federation (skf) has voted to remove the word “catholic” from its name. the group, which with 100,000 members is ...
The Catholic Herald

Future of Mount Sinai monastery cast into doubt by Egyptian court

a recent decision by an egyptian court regarding ownership rights for the famous greek orthodox monastery at the foot of mount sinai has gen...
The Catholic Herald

Australia's Archbishop Fisher: ‘second spring’ of faith blooming against a ‘fragmented world’

archbishop anthony fisher of the archdiocese of sydney has spoken about how a revival of the catholic faith is spreading across australia an...
The Catholic Herald

Flash floods claim Catholic priest and hundreds of other lives in Nigeria

flash floods that swept through communities in nigeria's central niger state have killed over 200 people with 500 more still missing. author...
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Flash floods claim Catholic priest and hundreds of other lives in Nigeria

Over 200 dead, 500 missing after Nigeria’s worst floods in decades. A Catholic priest was among the victims swept away.
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Jihadist-Fulani herdsman over-run Christian villages in south-east Nigeria

yaoundé, cameroon – a report by a catholic–inspired ngo has revealed jihadist fulani herdsmen are overrunning christian communities in the c...
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Brazilian nuns go viral after beatboxing on Catholic TV

sisters marizele cassiano and marisa de paula, two brazilian nuns from the copiosa redenção congregation, have gone viral after an impromptu...
Thomas Edwards

Government criticised for rating assisted suicide law by cash saved in patient deaths

bioethicists have severely criticised a “truly sinister” government impact assessment of the assisted suicide bill for focusing on the money...
Simon Caldwell

Hundreds sue over contraceptive injections linked to deadly brain tumours

hundreds of women in america and the uk are planning legal action after a contraceptive jab left them at risk of developing potentially leth...
Simon Caldwell

'This is horror': Thirty-six Nigerian Christians murdered in three-day bloodbath

dozens of christians have been murdered in attacks on settlements in nigeria’s middle belt by militant members of the fulani herder communit...
The Catholic Herald