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The Elizabethan martyr who shows us how to love our faith

St Robert Southwell heroically ministered to the faithful in Elizabethan England

Francis Phillips

Jesuit superior general: 'We have formed symbolic figures such as the devil to express evil'

Fr Sosa also said that if there were women deacons, 'more doors' could open afterwards

This wave of technology will transform politics

There are formidable challenges ahead, but we need not panic

Cardinal George Pell

The big story of the past seven days

✣   pope and president meet for the first time what happened? president donald trump made an official visit to the vatican to meet pope...

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✣ highlights from the week online francis’s bishops: an uneasy relationship the pope is hoping to reshape the church with the support of bis...

Egypt grieves as 26 Christians are shot dead

christians in egypt are getting used to “this idea that we could be a martyr at any moment”, a spokesman for the nation’s catholic bishops h...

Pope: there is an illness in businesses today

strong businesses that care about workers as well as profits are essential for a thriving democracy, pope francis has told steel workers in ...

Melania Trump is a Catholic, says White House

united states first lady melania trump is a practising catholic, her spokeswoman has confirmed. mrs trump’s visit to the vatican sparked spe...

Brothers face backlash over euthanasia

the catholic bishops of belgium have said they oppose euthanasia for mentally ill patients, saying such a step “attacks the very foundations...

The trials of Ethiopian Catholics

ethiopia is one of the earliest cradles of christianity, the second nation after armenia to adopt christianity as a state religion. but cath...