Europe

Blessed Carlo Acutis comes home for special Eucharistic Festival at Westminster Cathedral

westminster cathedral is hosting a eucharistic festival on saturday 14 september. the seat of the catholic faith in london, and the mother c...

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Despite AfD’s thumping victory it failed to make inroads in Thuringia's Catholic district

the whole of thuringia appears to be firmly in afd hands after its victory in the state election on 1 september. but all of thuringia? no. b...

New leadership announced at top Catholic schools: Ampleforth and Moor Park

ampleforth college, the benedictine boarding school often dubbed "the catholic eton", has announced that peter roberts will step down as hea...

Panic is not the answer to AfD victory in former East German region

the high expectations for the far-right afd and the far-left bsw in the german polls – and which have just been borne out in the thuringia a...

Another Shroud of Turin study released: bloodstains consistent with crucifixion of Christ

a new study has analysed the blood stains on the shroud of turin and found them to be consistent with jesus’s experience before and during h...

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Why all the fuss about Latin? Because it is fruitful not just for Catholics but for civilisation too

i’m filled with a newfound appreciation for language. one in particular. it follows a trip to hampshire on the south coast. but, no, i am no...

The Catholic cathedrals of Ireland: take a look at these architectural gems of the Emerald Isle

in 1850 the catholic hierarchy of england and wales was restored by rome; cardinal nicholas wiseman issued his vainglorious pastoral letter ...

How Jesus lays hold of us through the Ascension

"what if you should see the son of man ascend to where he was before?" (john 6:62) in sunday’s gospel, jesus responds to disbelief in his te...

Fr David Howell

‘A light in Spain’: Vatican approves devotion to WWII apparition of Our Lady of Sorrows

the vatican has approved the devotion to the spanish marian shrine of our lady of sorrows of chandavila where the virgin mary reportedly app...

We should look for ways to treat coma patients - not reasons to kill them

the rev. dr patrick pullicino , a former nhs consultant neurologist who is now a priest, challenges the 'prolonged disorder of consciousness...

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