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IVF is no panacea and Church teaching reflects that for the sake of human dignity

most people have a strong and natural desire to have their own children. in church teaching the gift of a child is one of the great goods of...

Tessa's Feasts: Honouring St Brigid, the patron saint of poultry

looking for a little help in the kitchen? how about turning to a patron saint for culinary inspiration? you probably won’t experience a mira...

Delaware’s lone bishop implores governor to veto assisted suicide bill

delaware’s only catholic bishop is imploring people of faith to ask the state's governor to veto the “dangerous and immoral” legislation on ...

UK police pay Catholic woman £13K for wrongful arrest over silent prayer

british police have paid £13,000 in compensation to a catholic woman who was wrongfully arrested for praying silently outside an abortion cl...

The copious output of Joseph Hansom

joseph hansom is probably most familiar to the modern mind for his invention of the “patent safety cab” in 1834. the hansom cab with its two...

Thirty Christians killed in Israel's war with Hamas, say church sources

a total of 30 christians have lost their lives because of the conflict in gaza, according to church sources. out of about 1,000 christians r...

Long Christmas: Let's keep the party going

happy christmas, all. wrong sentiment for the january issue, you think? not so. this issue will be with many readers as near to new year’s d...

Gertrude Clarke

Trump's inauguration ends with benediction from retired Catholic priest

a retired priest from the diocese of brooklyn has given the closing benediction at donald trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony today. ...

On the Record: Listening from Lent to Passiontide, with one eye on Easter

tenebrae factae sunt – there was darkness. tenebrae is a dramatic three-part liturgy for holy week, consisting of sung psalms, lessons and r...

Alex Hodgkinson

The churches chewed out by Vatican II

the constitution on the sacred liturgy sacrosanctum concilium was solemnly promulgated by his holiness pope paul vi on 4 december 1963. it i...