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Ecuadorian Catholics negotiate and pray during prison riot crisis

são paulo, brazil – one week after a drug lord escaped from prison and detonated an unprecedented crisis of violence in ecuador, local catho...
EduardoCamposLima

As with the Sexual Revolution, we must heed ‘slippery slope’ warnings about assisted suicide

there are determined moves to make assisted suicide legal in both the uk and in ireland. in advance of any legal decision, the irish medical...
Anthony McCarthy

Cameroon bishops denounce Boko Haram atrocities as terrorist group wages war to create African ‘Islamic caliphate’

yaoundè – catholic bishops in the west african nation of cameroon, which has been gripped by civil conflict for the past seven years, have d...
Ngala Chimton / Crux

New tricks bring an old Da Vinci to life in Amsterdam

william cash soaks up the sights and sounds of a new immersive leonardo da vinci show in amsterdam. following the success of such immersive ...
William Cash

Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick deemed not competent to stand trial in abuse case

new york – a wisconsin judge on 10 january suspended a sexual assault case against theodore mccarrick after a court-appointed psychologist f...
johnlavenburg

US criticised for not addressing mounting 'genocide’ against Christians during bloody ‘Islamisation’ of Nigeria

yaoundè, cameroon – with nigerians sounding alarms over what some describe as a mounting “genocide” against christians in africa’s most popu...
Ngala Chimton / Crux

Saint Paul & Minneapolis: ministry of 'imprudent' Archbishop Nienstedt inhibited

new york – a vatican investigation into alleged misconduct by former saint paul & minneapolis archbishop john nienstedt has cleared him ...
johnlavenburg

There came from the East: Learning of the wisdom of the Magi from Matthew’s account

no nativity play would be complete without the three kings, central characters in the tale of christ’s birth. almost as well known as the ch...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

On The Record: listening choices for Epiphany to stir the heart and soul

british composer judith bingham typically uses imaginative and poetic performance directions in her scores. for the anthem “epiphany”, the e...
Alex Hodgkinson

How the Magi found truth in the Messiah, not astrology

looking to the skies. today, astrology is big business. yet despite its popularity, i don’t expect governments to start depicting astrologic...
Fr Robert Verrill OP