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Living in fear of an oppressive regime

the china nexus:  thirty years in and around the chinese communist party’s tyranny  benedict rogers  optimum publishing, £18....

On the Record: Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity Sunday

an ascension day procession in bavaria if you are near oxford, make haste to the bodleian library, where you will find on display the autogr...

Alex Hodgkinson

Pope discusses climate change with Nancy Pelosi as abortion storm rages in California

pope francis has met with house speaker nancy pelosi, the democrat politician often at the centre of controversy over her support for aborti...

Chesterton the catholic Catholic

michael de la bedoyere was the editor of  the catholic herald and a friend both of g. k. chesterton's and his biographer maisie ward. h...

FromtheArchives

Our children need better Catholic fiction to help solidify their formation in the faith

there is a real need for more catholic literature for young (and not so young) people. but the reality is that in comparison with the past, ...

Donal Anthony Foley

Majority of Italians trust the Pope but not the Church, research reveals

pope francis is the most trusted person in italy, according to a new nationwide survey. the research , conducted by the demopolis institute,...

No laughing matter: Death needs to be handled with the solemnity it deserves

a close friend of mine died a while ago. she was still quite young. we had known each other since our early twenties; she was godmother to m...

Are Catholics really fleeing to the fields to escape modernity's mess?

if, like me, you spend a little too much time on catholic twitter – or should i say x – then you might in the past few weeks have scrolled p...

Portia Berry-Kilby

Sin City gets new Catholic parish that could be ‘shining light for the Church’

st. john paul ii parish is the first new parish to open in las vegas since the (in)famous city of casinos and theatrical shows was elevated ...

Confession safe from Communist security reforms, says Hong Kong Church

after new national security legislation was passed unanimously in hong kong this week, the local diocese assured that amid concerns that the...