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Pope calls for October 27 day of prayer after Gaza hospital bombing

rome – amid international tensions surrounding the war in gaza following the deadly bombing of a hospital, pope francis has called for anoth...

Bishop Davies laments UK's 'cataclysmic' flight from marriage

an english bishop has invited catholics to propose marriage as a path to holiness to new generations in the face of a “cataclysmic” national...

'This was an Iranian attack on Israel carried out by Hamas'

on october 7 more jews were killed in a single day than at any time since the holocaust. to all the hamas apologists, i want you to thi...

Brooks P V Newmark

Belgian Catholic bishop advocates euthanasia for the elderly

a catholic bishop in belgium has declared his support for the euthanasia of elderly people. bishop johan bonny of antwerp made a distinction...

CES rejects report accusing Catholic schools of snubbing SEND children

catholic school representatives in the united kingdom have rejected the conclusions of a report which claims that catholic primary schools s...

Charles Collins

A screenplay about the life of Fr John Gerard: a positively countercultural project

mark batey introduces his screenplay about the life of fr john gerard. cancel culture, thought police, identity politics. these may sound li...

The Decomposition of Man: Identity, Technocracy, and the Church, by James Kalb

recovering our sanity. the decomposition of man: identity, technocracy, and the church james kalb angelico press, £17, 228 pages i am sittin...

Julian Kwasniewski

Pope Francis confesses to bullying fat kid so badly his father made him apologise

rome - pope francis has criticised the practice of so-called “fat shaming” or “body shaming”  - and admitted that he once bullied a boy...

The Catholic Herald

Countering scepticism and the value of apologetics

i have a distinct memory of the first time i ever knowingly encountered outspoken scepticism about christianity, in the playground of my pri...

Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn und Taxis: Fervent campaigner for conservative Catholic values and practices

from biker princess to catholic activist. when i last wrote about gloria, dowager princess of thurn und taxis – aka the harley davidson-driv...