Life

'Say no to abortion up to birth': What's at stake for the UK this 15 May

the whole pro-life movement is standing together to say "no to abortion up to birth” this wednesday on 15 may. this is why you need to join ...
Clare McCullough

US bishops urge Congress to address maternal health amid mortality rate surge

the three chairmen of the united states conference of catholics bishops recently wrote to congress to urge lawmakers to address the nation’s...
johnlavenburg

UK Parliament abortion vote on 15 May: ‘A time to raise our voices and not lose heart’

bishops rarely comment on bills in parliament. lay christians, informed by their faith, freely and sincerely adopt different political views...
Bishop Mark Davies

What does it mean if we are 'kept' in the name of the Father?

"holy father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us. while i was with them, i kept those you had g...
Fr David Howell

Douai Abbey: a place extolling the English Benedictine temper and charism

"a monastery is above all this: a place of spiritual power.” pope benedict, as ever, got to the heart of the thing when he addressed these w...
Gertrude Clarke

Lisbon: Why you should visit this critical trading and spiritual link between Old Catholic Europe, Asia and the New World

with five portuguese cardinals, and at least one future papabile – cardinal américo aguiar, who was responsible for world youth day 2023, is...
William Cash

Priest plunges school into darkness to save children from marauding gunmen

the quick thinking of a headteacher helped save the lives of sleeping students after armed extremists stormed a secondary school in nigeria’...
Amy Balog

Diocese was justified in firing gay teacher, rules federal appeals court

new york – in a reversal of a 2021 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that a catholic school in the diocese of charlotte, north car...
johnlavenburg

Biden administration's non-discrimination regulations ‘fundamentally redefine the practice of medicine’, Florida lawsuit claims

new york – a lawsuit filed by the state of florida and on behalf of the catholic medical association (cma) claims that new non-discriminatio...
johnlavenburg

Letters to the Editor: Ideologies increasing exponentially and risk replacing God with individualism

false idols sir – when i was young, my widowed mother would gather her children together for prayers at bedtime. she always included this: “...
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