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Police continue to intimidate Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for 'thinking' outside abortion centre

the police force in birmingham has again interrogated isabel vaughan-spruce about what goes on inside her head outside an abortion centre.&n...

The Catholic Herald

US Bishops highlight nationwide threats to religious liberty

new york – a first-of-its-kind report from the u.s. bishops’ conference spotlights religious freedom concerns nationwide. it highlights a pa...

'Catholicism in Numbers': New data highlights the changing Catholic Church in Britain and Ireland

a new set of pastoral statistics regarding the catholic church in england and wales, scotland and ireland has been released by the catholic ...

Scottish Catholic group lambasts ‘world's most extreme’ abortion ‘buffer zone’ legislation

a new bill in the scottish parliament to introduce “safe access zones” around abortion centres has scottish catholics deeply concerned, and ...

The Catholic Herald

Police apologise to Catholic woman six months after arrest for silent prayer

the police have finally apologised to catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion clinic in birmingham. following...

From Cheltenham to Ryedale: the highs and lows of the festival season

the essex town of thaxted has assorted claims to fame, but for the most part they relate to its medieval parish church: a building of cathed...

Oppenheimer, reviewed by Julia Hamilton

the film’s events are magnetically clustered around los alamos, finds julia hamilton. if you thought that christopher nolan’s last film, dun...

Christians in Burkina Faso 'do not know if they will survive another day'

attacks against christians in burkina faso are becoming more common and many people do not know if they will survive for another day, accord...

The Catholic Herald

The miracle of Jesus’s conception

science has attempted to explain it, but ties itself in knots. on march 25, we celebrate the feast of the annunciation, also known as the fe...

Fr Robert Verrill OP

The Harpole Treasure gives us a glimpse into Anglo-Saxon England’s great women of faith

archaeologists excavating ahead of a housing development at harpole, near northampton, have discovered an astonishing 7th-century burial. ac...