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Ushaw College may close next spring

Trustees announce proposal to close 400-year-old seminary in June due to low student numbers and rising costs

Middle Eastern Christians must pull together

The timing of the Middle East Synod is unfortunate

Jill, Duchess of Hamilton

Pope unveils agency to promote 'new evangelisation'

Pope Benedict XVI says new pontifical council aimed at re-evangelising the west will help 'remake the Christian fabric of society'

Pope warns of fundamentalism in the Middle East

Pope Benedict XVI warns participants at the Middle East Synod about the manifestation of new forms of slavery

The Catholic Herald

Reporting of abusive priest was a factor in MacKillop's excommunication, say nuns

Sisters of St Joseph, the order co-founded by Blessed Mary MacKillop, respond to claims made in controversial documentary

The Wild West of the blogosphere can revitalise the Church

The full text of Anna Arco's speech at the World Press Congress in Rome last week

Synod to study plight of Christians in Middle East

Hundreds of Church representatives from the Middle East will participate in the synod of bishops

The Catholic Herald

Bishops to flock to Vatican for Middle East Synod

The Special Assembly of Bishops for the Middle East begins today

The Catholic Herald

Nicholas Sarkozy meets Pope Benedict

French president discusses Middle East with Pontiff

The Catholic Herald

St Paulinus, the 'awe-inspiring' priest who helped convert an English king

St Paulinus of York (October 10) was sent to England by Pope Gregory in 1601