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Pope recognises martyrdom of American priest shot dead in Guatemala

Fr Stanley Rother is the first martyr to be born in the United States

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A necessary apology

the rwandan genocide took place in 1994, more than two decades ago. some 800,000 tutsi and moderate hutu were murdered by hutu extremists. l...

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✣   what happened? the cuban dictator fidel castro died at the age of 90. castro became an icon of revolution in 1959 when he and his s...

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✣   highlights from the week online in advent, look to the prayer of the church at charlotte was both, amy welborn suggested that durin...

Archbishop unveils app to help faithful find Mass

archbishop leo cushley has unveiled a gps-powered mass and confession finding app. the archbishop of st andrews and edinburgh announced the ...

Bishops’ apology for genocide role reopens row

the bishops of rwanda have asked forgiveness for catholics’ role in the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people – mostly ethnic tuts...

Pope: I’ve doubted ‘many times’

everyone experiences doubts about their faith occasionally – “i have many times,” pope francis said – but such doubts can be “a sign that we...

The ‘establishment’ cardinal sent into exile

pope francis and cardinal raymond burke have a number of things in common. both are advocates of popular piety: the pope went all the way to...

How the ‘dubia’ drama will end

prognostications are a dangerous pastime for commentators, and in the papacy of pope francis the business of making predictions seems a part...

Mary Kenny: The Catholic with his eye on the Elysée Palace

my cousins in paris – where i’ve been spending a few days – have been very pleased by the emergence of françois fillon as the presidential c...