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rome – although the issue of migration was front and centre during his overnight visit to marseille, pope francis sent another strong messag...

Elise Ann Allen

catholic bishops in pakistan call for justice after angry muslim mob carries out ʻworst attack on  christians in nationʼs historyʼ. chr...

John Pontifex

it was very late when i arrived in budapest, but a consolation to be in a hotel close to the danube. to me, there is something sacred about ...

Simon Caldwell

recently the times newspaper reported on the findings of its survey of 1,200 clerics of the church of england. among the dispiriting results...

The Catholic Herald

rome – despite being expelled in july from his jesuit order over charges of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse, famed slovenian artis...

Crux Staff

it’s presumptuous of me to begin by quibbling with shakespeare, but he’s dead and i’m feeling a bit kicky this morning. “what’s in a name?” ...

Katherine Bennett

a 19-year-old woman with a rare disease has died during a legal fight to circumvent a ruling that she was not competent to make decisions ab...

The Catholic Herald

philip larkin, in  annus mirabilis , tells us that:   “sexual intercourse began/in nineteen sixty-three/(which was rather lat...

Anthony McCarthy

the fate of children takes a particular centre-stage in the gospels. jesus articulates ethics that warn in the starkest terms about the impo...

Gavin Ashenden

a seminarian died last night when extremists torched a presbytery in nigeria’s kafanchan diocese. the incident took place about 8pm on septe...

The Catholic Herald