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‘Urgent pleas’ from Catholic leaders for UK government to lift faith-based admissions cap

education secretary gillian keegan has met catholic leaders amid urgent pleas from the church to lift a highly contentious faith-based admis...
Simon Caldwell

Cardinal Nichols ‘heartbroken’ over attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church that he knows personally

leicester, crux – cardinal vincent nichols, the leader of the uk's roman catholics, says he is “heartbroken” over the attack on a catholic c...
Charles Collins

Has Ireland's abortion clamour contributed to another mismanaged sepsis death?

an irish teenager died in university hospital limerick due to delays in recognising and treating sepsis, the sunday independent   repor...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Scottish Catholic group lambasts ‘world's most extreme’ abortion ‘buffer zone’ legislation

a new bill in the scottish parliament to introduce “safe access zones” around abortion centres has scottish catholics deeply concerned, and ...
The Catholic Herald

Resting my weary feet on the Cammino di San Benedetto

mary fisher discovers the physical and mental trials of walking the cammino di san benedetto. "to be deep in history is to cease to be prote...
Mary Fisher

Reasons to visit Jordan

jane roberts explores a number of christian pilgrimage sites in the kingdom of jordan. jordan is a predominantly sunni muslim country; howev...
Jane Roberts

Bishop opens and blesses new headquarters for Catholic Education Trust serving North England

the bishop of hexham and newcastle has blessed the headquarters of one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country. bishop stephen wr...
The Catholic Herald

Gaza’s only Catholic church damaged by shrapnel

the sole catholic church in gaza was damaged over the weekend as a result of the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. the latin patria...
The Catholic Herald

Piercing the darkness with light in profundity at Advent and Christmas

advent and christmas draw us into the darkness: advent to prepare us and christmas to pierce the darkness with love, before the tiny light o...
Gavin Ashenden

Ongoing conflict in Ukraine: the Church offers hope amid the desolation of war

“many children have met god here for the first time,” catechist ivanka fedorak told me during my recent trip to western ukraine. i was there...
Amy Balog