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Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison during Covid wins prestigious award

são paulo, brazil – a chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison in order to support inmates has said that she hopes a recent awa...

EduardoCamposLima

Why French farmers have the support of the Church in their protest movement

the tractors have lifted their blockades of paris and other major french cities, and the farmers have made their way home.  their two-w...

The return to 'Satanic panic': Canada's grief for mass murders never committed

on may 27, 2021, chief rosanne casimir of the tk’emlúps te secwépemc first nation announced that ground penetrating radar (gpr) technology h...

Mystery as ordination of new Plymouth bishop is cancelled without explanation

in an unprecedented move, the bishops of england and wales have cancelled the ordination of the bishop-elect of plymouth just weeks before h...

Poland grapples with changes to abortion law as Catholic Church hits back

poland’s catholic church has spoken out against proposals by poland’s new ruling coalition to liberalise the country's abortion law and rest...

The Catholic Herald

Ireland's vocations crisis reflects lack of ‘initiative’ and ‘evasion of issue’ by Church

the irish catholic church was seen for generations as the jewel in the crown of the english-speaking clerical world. scores of parishes in g...

DeclanMcSweeney

The problem with Saint Brigid’s pagan makeover

saint brigid now has her own state-sanctioned bank holiday in ireland, which this year falls on monday, 5 february, following the saint's fe...

Religion, knowledge and liberty seen through the Michaela School prayer row

i almost certainly would have been expelled from the michaela community school within a week. like most of my so-called “boomer” generation,...

Women continue to be reduced to their economic output by Conservative government

as the uk general election draws ever nearer, we can expect to see some desperate attempts from the conservative party to paint the last 14 ...

Portia Berry-Kilby

The terrible truth about 'assisted dying': Lessons from Canada and Australia

another big push to legalise “assisted dying” in the uk has been reinforced by celebrity endorsements,  hard cases and the testimonies ...