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'The Chosen' Season 5 to be released globally in March and April next year

the first episodes of the chosen season 5 are set to hit us theatres on march 27. from april 10, they will be released globally in over 40 c...

Kentucky prelate criticises US bishops for lack of election response

new york – in the month or so since former president donald trump was elected to occupy the white house for a second term, the majority of a...

Angela Rayner 'honoured' to meet Pope Francis at Vatican

british deputy prime minister angela rayner has met with pope francis at the vatican in what appears to have been a warm encounter between t...

Mount Melleray and two other abbeys closing in effort to save Cistercian life in Ireland

the irish abbey of mount melleray will be closing in january along with two other abbeys, with their respective monks transferred to another...

The Catholic Herald

Fearing being a burden 'legitimate reason' to seek assisted suicide, says Leadbeater

kim leadbeater has said that she “would not want to be a burden” during a podcast on the subject of her terminally ill adults (end of life) ...

Rumours circulate that Vatican-owned hospital looking for buyers due to labour shortages and debt

rome – a series of reports in the italian press last week suggested that padre pio's hospital administration has been in negotiations with s...

The evidence shows that assisted suicide and euthanasia 'safeguards' simply do not work

on friday the uk parliament will vote on whether to allow assisted suicide for the terminally ill, at least those considered to be in the la...

New study contradicts government findings to show 'assisted dying’ harms palliative care

the anscombe centre has published a new paper analysing evidence from multiple jurisdictions that have introduced "assisted dying" and which...

The Catholic Herald

Dublin priest numbers will fall 70 per cent in next 20 years or sooner

priest numbers in the dublin archdiocese are expected to decline by 70 per cent in the next 20 years, but there are fears such a decline may...

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Holocaust survivor rebukes Pope Francis for suggesting Israel's actions in Gaza are 'genocide'

rome – a 93-year-old holocaust survivor who once received pope francis in her rome apartment, and who later wrote a book about the experienc...