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Bishops grapple with divided Philippines after former president Duterte’s arrest

filipino catholic bishops called for unity, but differed in tone, after former president rodrigo duterte was arrested and detained at the in...
Joseph SanMateo

Downside monks leave Buckfast for merger with Belmont Benedictines

a community of benedictine monks are leaving their temporary home in devon to take up residence at an historic abbey in hereford. the last e...
Simon Caldwell

Flame 2025, the 'Catholic Glastonbury' lit by the burning faith of the young

the fervour of more than 10,000 catholic students gathered at wembley leaves tom colsy deeply impressed as the ovo arena in wembley begins t...
Tom Colsy

Baghdad’s forgotten British-built church is kept open by one Iraqi Christian's dedication

in a baghdad neighbourhood famous for a shia muslim pilgrimage, there stands a tiny whitewashed catholic church, lovingly brought back to li...
Tom Westcott

Murderer planned massacre at Luton Catholic primary school

a 19-year-old sentenced to a minimum of 49 years in prison for murdering his mother, brother and sister in luton last year also in...
The Catholic Herald

New exhibition in Warsaw 'ambitiously' examines St. John Paul II's and Robert Schuman's vision of 'European Unity'

europe is as much an idea as it is a place. we straddle a supercontinent physically dominated by asia and africa, but remain separate from t...
Georgia L. Gilholy

Oregon's day of thanksgiving for abortion up to birth draws flak from archbishop

an annual day dedicated in thanksgiving for abortion up to birth has met with severe criticism from an american archbishop. following a proc...
John Lavenburg

Bishop pleads for reopening of Nigerian Catholic schools closed for Ramadan

a nigerian bishop has pleaded for catholic schools in the north of the country to be reopened after their sudden and unprecedented closure f...
John Pontifex

Christian deaths in Syrian violence inflated by media frenzy – but they still have much to fear

when reports started coming through late last week of massacres in western syria, it quickly made headline news. what has emerged subsequent...
John Pontifex

Ethical alternatives to aborted foetal tissue research needed, says Trump nominee

president donald trump’s nominee for director of the national institutes of health (nih) has stated in his senate confirmation hearing that ...
The Catholic Herald