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More to St Paul’s than religion

in the shadow of st paul’s cathedral: the churchyard that shaped london by margaret willes yale university press, pp. 320, £25 the romanists...

A work whose wings are clipped by prejudice

birds and us: a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation by tim birkhead viking 2022, £25, 441 pages our relationship with birds h...

Ukraine: “If the churches are bombed, then we shall celebrate elsewhere,” says the Eparch of London

as the bbc reported a mounting death-toll in ukraine, on friday afternoon i spoke about the rapidly-developing situation to the rt revd kenn...

Serenhedd James

Russia’s Catholic bishops call on leaders to end conflict with Ukraine

the catholic bishops’ conference of russia has called on political leaders to end the conflict with ukraine. in a feb. 24  message , th...

Hannah Brockhaus

Leader of Polish Catholic Church warns German counterpart over errors of the Synodal way

the president of poland’s catholic bishops’ conference has expressed “fraternal concern” about the direction of the “synodal way” in a stron...

Pope reorganises Congregation of Doctrine of the Faith amid Vatican internal reforms

pope francis has reorganized the internal structure of the vatican’s doctrine office into two sections — the latest step in his ongoing refo...

Hannah Brockhaus

Assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be a substitute for good palliative care, says Pope Francis

dying patients need palliative care and not euthanasia or assisted suicide, pope francis has said. at his general audience in the vatican’s ...

Catholic doctor to challenge abortion reversal ban in High Court

a catholic doctor is preparing to challenge an order at the high court in london which blocks him from offering life-saving treatment for un...

Blair's Catholic 'Mr Fixit' gets jail for failing to pay £1million divorce settlement to aristocrat ex-wife

a high court judge has sentenced a catholic former millionaire to a year in jail after he failed to pay a divorce settlement to his aristocr...

Pope appoints new Archbishop of Glasgow

pope francis has appointed bishop william nolan as the new archbishop of glasgow. bishop nolan will succeed archbishop philip tartaglia who ...