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Jesuit leader suggests the Devil is symbolic

christians have “formed” the devil as a way of expressing evil, the jesuit superior general has said. in an interview with spanish newspaper...

Ukraine’s ‘wise father’ dies at 84

cardinal lubomyr husar, known as the “spiritual father” of ukraine, has died aged 84. cardinal husar had inherited a church “on its knees, s...

In brief

papal trip to south sudan is postponed pope francis’s proposed trip to south sudan with justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, has been...

Is there really an old mass revival?

at any time between the 1960s and about a decade ago, it would have seemed an unlikely occasion: an english bishop conferring the sacrament ...

Martyrdoms that could rival any horror film

the burning time by virginia rounding, macmillan, £20 as a child, deeply affected by stories of vampires and suchlike, i once tapped the wis...

Bishop's engagements

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun: celebration of mass for the golden jubilee at st gabriel of our lady of sorrows catholic church, st john...

The Catholic Herald

Martyrdoms that could rival any horror film

Virginia Rounding's account of Henry VIII's sadism is unremittingly gory but scholarly and well-written, says Simon Caldwell

Will anyone rein in the IVF industry?

Women are being persuaded to donate or 'share' their eggs in return for cheaper IVF treatment. But the personal cost can be high

Philippa Taylor

Will anyone rein in the IVF industry?

fertility clinics love to line their walls with photographs of beautiful newborn babies, their “success stories”. ivf has enabled babies to ...

Philippa Taylor

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/06/17

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