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The true history of celibacy

according to some reports, the next synod may touch on the question of ordaining married men. if we are to have such a debate, it should be ...

Fr Jerome Bertram

In the cause of God’s vagabond

‘you’ve been hacked.” it’s the message no internet user wants to hear. in my case, the message came at the end of february this year from fr...

The key to understanding Francis

the transcript of the holy father’s meeting with the polish bishops last month in kraków – released after his return to rome – provides usef...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Philippines a ‘killing fields nation’

philippine catholic leaders say they are powerless to stop a growing number of extrajudicial killings that have come with president rodrigo ...

Pope visits women rescued from prostitution

pope francis has paid a surprise visit to a community helping 20 young women get their lives back together after being rescued from prostitu...

In brief

over 20 olympians studied at st mary’s st mary’s university, twickenham, has seen 22 of its students and alumni selected for the rio 2016 ol...

Police alarmed by ‘poltergeist’ call in priest

police in scotland called for help from the catholic church last week after being disturbed by what they thought was a “poltergeist” at a fa...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online who’s worse? in an article for his diocesan newsletter entitled “some personal thoughts on the mont...

The big story of the past seven days

✣   death toll mounts in philippines drugs war what happened? more than 800 suspected drug dealers and users have been killed by police...

Actor playing Jesus in Ben-Hur 'received blessing from the Pope'

The Catholic couple behind the film say they hope it delivers a 'message of reconciliation'