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Islamists massacre 70 Congo Christians and leave headless corpses in church

a local source in the eastern democratic republic of the congo (drc) has confirmed that jihadists left the dead bodies of 70 africans in a c...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Nichols assures Pope of devotion to the Holy Father from England and Wales

cardinal vincent nichols has written to pope francis to assure the holy father of the "fervent and heartfelt" prayerful support for him from...
The Catholic Herald

Pope stable after second night in hospital with bronchitis

rome – after being admitted to rome’s gemelli hospital friday for treatment of persistent bronchitis, pope francis remains in stable conditi...
Elise Allen

Keeping the faith with Aid to the Church in Need

i had already tried my hand at bible smuggling behind the iron curtain into moscow and leningrad when the call came from aid to the church i...
Gavin Ashenden

Ignatian exercises in Essex

at a time when single-sex, faith-based education is under threat from intrusive government policies and aggressive secularism, the campion s...
Thomas Edwards

Rites of passage: Rome's Holy Doors and Jubilee years

on sunday, 5 january, at the start of 2025, pope francis opened the final holy door in rome for the jubilee year in the grand basilica of sa...
Thomas Edwards

EU’s top bishop calls for urgent action on catastrophic crisis in DRC

the president of the commission of the bishops’ conferences of the european union (comece) is urging the eu to take further action over the ...
The Catholic Herald

There's an epidemic of loneliness – time to bring back the Parish Dance

have you ever noticed how much rarer couples are nowadays than they once were, especially outside the church? statistics show that fewer and...
PeterDayMilne

Police officer orders Catholic woman to leave public area because her views are 'offensive'

new video footage shows a police officer demanding a catholic woman walk away from an abortion clinic simply because of what she is known to...
Simon Caldwell

On pilgrimage to Tolstoy's grave, with author and presenter Barnaby Rogerson

where would you go? to the grass-covered grave, a lovely bump in the ground, where tolstoy is buried in the woods of his old family estate a...
The Catholic Herald