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Lay people, including women, will participate in Synod on Synodality assembly, Vatican announces

the 2023 synod of bishops will include lay people, half of whom will be women, organisers revealed in a landmark development for the church’...

Pontifical Academy for Life president says assisted suicide 'feasible'

the italian archbishop in charge of the pontifical academy of life has said that assisted suicide is “feasible” under certain conditions. ar...

Pope Paul VI was right about The Pill - now everyone else is finally catching up

(davina mccall fronts a new channel 4 documentary which exposes the problems with and dangers of the pill) the contraceptive pill has had a ...

Pope Francis defends St. John Paul II against ‘offensive conjectures’ from brother of missing ‘Vatican girl’

pope francis on sunday defended st. john paul ii against a recent accusation that the polish pope secretly visited women at night. speaking ...

Hannah Brockhaus

Mary, Mariana and Moreno: Catholic mysticism in the Ecuadorian mountains

there’s a rugged patch of the high latin american andes which is an enigmatic treat, steeped in catholic mystery, fables, prophecy and art. ...

'Rise, Peter': Consternation as German bishops endorse blessings of homosexual unions

"rise, peter, and fulfil this pastoral office divinely entrusted to you,” exclaimed pope leo x in 1520 in the face of the errors of martin l...

The Roche Rescript impoverishes the whole Church, says Chairman of Latin Mass Society

seminarians of the priestly fraternity of st peter (fssp) prepare to receive minor orders at wigratzbad since pope francis’s apostolic lette...

Vatican II: Angels and devils on our shoulders

shaun blanchard reflects on the ‘very short introduction’ to vatican ii . a few years ago, in those halcyon days before the pandemic, i sat ...

Shaun Blanchard

The Catholic churches of Surrey

surrey is a small and hilly county within easy reach of london. in the mid-18th century, the writer arthur young condemned its communication...

The successes, and failures, of Pope Francis

just over 10 years ago, jorge mario bergoglio stood on the balcony of st peter’s and said simply to the crowd, “buona sera”. it was the begi...

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