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Need for Catholic health care has never been greater, says cardinal

Cardinal Raymond Burke says it's a 'beacon of light' in a society confused about fundamental truths

Will the nun who saved my life be canonised?

My recovery from a 'flesh-eating bug' amazed nurses and defied medical explanation

Mgr Peter Smith

The Venezuelan gamble

in venezuela today 87 per cent of people can’t afford enough food for their families. they are on the so-called maduro diet, named after the...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣  media storm erupts over bannon and the pope what happened? donald trump’s chief of staff steve bannon has been accused of “carrying ...

Priest: prayers to saintly nun saved my life

a glasgow priest whose survival of a “flesh-eating bug” is said to have defied medical explanation has attributed his recovery to the interc...

Cardinal praises Pope’s attitude to dubia

cardinal vincent nichols has expressed his support for pope francis in the wake of questions raised by four cardinals about parts of amoris ...

Pope appoints envoy to Medjugorje faithful

pope francis has appointed a polish archbishop to study the pastoral needs of the pilgrims flocking to medjugorje and the people who live in...

Francis reveals anti-stress secret

pope francis has said that to retain a sense of peace he writes down all his problems in notes to st joseph. during an audience with religio...

Mgr Peter Smith: Will the nun who saved my life be canonised?

i sat in glasgow royal infirmary last summer and the consultant told me that i had cancer: stage 4, aggressive and incurable. when people sa...

Mgr Peter Smith

A pacifist on the front line

can a pacifist conscientious objector join the military and participate in a war while still being true to his or her principles? the film h...