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A wise reply to atheism's strongest argument

Book review: Where is God in Suffering? by Brendan Purcell

Cardinal George Pell

Catholicism’s incredible growth story

Critics keep announcing the Church's imminent demise. If only they realised that numbers have doubled since 1970 – and are still rising

The big story of the past seven days

✣   mother teresa is proclaimed a saint what happened? applause erupted in st peter’s square as pope francis canonised mother teresa on...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online officials 'rejected' saint mother teresa was “rejected” by the northern irish church hierarchy, acc...

Norfolk convent nearly doubles its numbers

a norfolk convent has welcomed five prospective sisters, almost doubling its numbers. the additions to the daughters of divine charity bring...

Pope hails new saint as a model of mercy

pope francis hailed mother teresa as a “tireless worker of mercy” as he proclaimed her a saint on sunday. despite the formality of the occas...

Massacre survivor: we live or die with our poor

the only sister to have survived a terrorist attack on a missionaries of charity-run care home in yemen in march has given her testimony to ...

In brief

lone guard gives up life to stop terrorists four militants wearing suicide vests died while trying to storm a christian neighbourhood near p...

Religious vow to stay in South Sudan

a group of catholic missionaries are choosing to stay in south sudan even after most foreign aid workers have left. the exodus began after s...

The nation where the Church keeps shrinking

even though the catholic church continues to grow worldwide, the latest annual report from the german bishops’ conference makes grim reading...