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US archbishop calls for calm amid increasingly fraught political atmosphere

amid a tense political climate both on capitol hill in the us capitol and among voters across the country, one of the nation's leading bisho...

Why France's Catholics are turning to Marine Le Pen

the french are not known for being fans of american ways. but their voting patterns, especially among catholics, are becoming more similar w...

Pakistani Church leaders demand swift action after lynch mob murder of elderly Christian

christians in pakistan have demanded punjab officials bring to justice the perpetrators of the brutal lynch mob murder of nazir gill masih i...

The Catholic Herald

US bishops must re-commit themselves to 'Eucharistic revival'

new york – in an address to more or less open the first public session of the u.s. bishops’ conference spring general assembly on june 13, c...

Boston archdiocese starts work on affordable housing complex

new york – the archdiocese of boston and governor’s office have broken ground on what will be a community of more than a dozen affordable ho...

Bill in Brazil aims to equate abortion and homicide

são paulo, brazil – pro-life movements in brazil are campaigning for a fast approval in congress of a bill aiming to equate abortion after 2...

Eduardo Campos Lima

Pax Christi USA wins inaugural Dorothy Day Peacemaker Award

nearly 50 years after dorothy day spoke at pax christi usa’s first conference in 1973, the organisation has been awarded the inaugural dorot...

Time to rethink US approach to who it sends to Vatican as envoy

with the imminent and unexpected departure of joseph donnelly as the us ambassador to the holy see, it seems likely the post will be vacant ...

Review – 'Alexandria: The City that Changed the World' by Islam Issa

alexandria: the city that changed the world islam issa sceptre, £30, 496 pages in 331 bc, on the north coast of egypt, an extraordinarily ta...

A trio of sausage-based recipes utilising the humble yet versatile English staple

i’ve been thumbing through a cookery book by jonathan meades, better known as a writer and film-maker on architecture rather than food. as i...