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Liberal Catholicism’s unexpected crisis

even as pope francis wins the applause of the world for giving catholicism a friendlier face, critics have started to grumble. on social med...
Matthew Schmitz

The scholar who shook the Islamic world

last year, three leaves of an ancient koran held at the university of birmingham made global headlines when carbon dating suggested that the...
Daniel Kalder

How pilgrimages turned into sightseeing

i do not expect anyone to emulate the pilgrim antics of fulk nerra, count of anjou. when he visited jerusalem back in 1039 he had his servan...
Jonathan Wright

Seminarian dies rescuing woman

brian bergkamp, a seminarian from the diocese of wichita, has died after saving the life of a woman who fell into a river. the 24-year-old w...
Staff writers

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/07/16

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen

Carmen Hernandez, co-founder of Neocatechumenal Way, dies

Together with Kiko Arguello, Hernandez founded the Way in the 1960s
Carol Glatz

Vatican speaks out against 'growing scourge' of child trafficking

The Vatican sponsored a panel discussion, Eliminating the Trafficking of Children and Youth, at the United Nations
Catholic News Service

'Visiting Poland is a great gift of the Lord,' says Pope ahead of World Youth Day

Pope Francis has delivered a video message ahead of his trip to Poland next week
Staff Reporter

Fr Lombardi: a tireless servant of the Church

In his time as Vatican spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi has encountered moments of great joy but also times which have required sensitive diplomacy
Sister Janet Fearns

Churches swept up in Pokemon Go craze

In its first week, the mobile phone game attracted nearly 21 million users
Catholic News Service