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'The Church is Christ’s!': How to respond to the Synod on Synodality

when our holy father pope francis initiated the synod on synodality in october 2021, many gasped. others cheered. all were interested in dig...

Parolin calls for coexistence with Palestinians as Israel presses Vatican on 'ambiguities'

rome – on a day in which israel objected anew to efforts by christian leaders to be even-handed in their approach to the new war with hamas,...

Crucifix of priest executed after Gunpowder Plot now on display in UK convent

leicester, united kingdom – a crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after england’s notorious gunpowder plot is currently on disp...

Charles Collins

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

Pope's new eco-manifesto slams climate sceptics and urges dramatic action to combat climate change

rome – warning that “the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point,” pope francis on wednesday released a n...

'The assumption must be faced that Pope Francis is consciously breaking with the Church’s tradition'

we can’t say we weren’t warned.  on world youth day in rio de janeiro  in 2013, pope francis, excited by the crowds of young ...

There is nothing new about the pope's concern for the environment

with a follow-up to 'laudato si', the pope's environmental encyclical, due to be published 4 october, suzanne topham wonders what else the c...

Poirot, but not as we know him: A Haunting in Venice, reviewed by Julia Hamilton

christie as a horror movie doesn’t work, says julia hamilton. a haunting in venice is the third in a trilogy of films produced and acted in ...

‘Take that, schismatics!’

the right and the left in america are equally partisan about pope francis. whatever else has occurred during the present papacy, the catholi...

Pakistan Christians reeling after violence

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