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Pope in Romania: Martyred bishops gave their lives for fidelity to the Church

declaring their beatification sunday in romania, pope francis said seven martyred greek-catholic bishops gave their lives for fidelity to th...

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Leave divisions behind and embrace fellowship, Pope says at Marian shrine

at a marian shrine in the heart of transylvania, pope francis has called on romania's catholics to leave resentments behind and to embark on...

Junno Arocho Esteves

There are big changes for Caritas International. But what do they mean?

pope francis has placed the pontifical charitable umbrella organisation, caritas internationalis , under the control of the dicastery for pr...

Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania

on sunday in blaj, pope francis will beatify seven greek-catholic bishops of romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 an...

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The family that could save Europe

a little over a hundred years ago, emperor karl of austria, his wife zita and their small children were forced to leave their last refuge in...

Charles Coulombe

How to… Climb the Holy Stairs

there is really only one way to climb the scala santa – or holy stairs – in rome, and that is on your knees. tradition holds that the white ...

The Catholic Herald

Letters & emails

do younger catholics rarely sin? sir – when i was about seven, i learned from my penny catechism that “purgatory is a place where souls suff...

The Catholic Herald

The statistic that shames Catholic politicians

if catholics were barred from public office, our politics might be greatly improved. such a harsh assessment would be unthinkable if catholi...

Matthew Schmitz

Vatican II was meant to be the laity's 'coming of age'. So what went wrong?

on october 11 1962, st john xxiii formally opened the second vatican council. its avowed purpose was, he told the thousands assembled in st ...

Stephen Bullivant

Was a dramatic police raid in the Diocese of Dallas really necessary?

earlier this month dozens of polices officers, some dressed in swat gear, descended on the office of the diocese of dallas. the police were ...