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Bishop Joseph Strickland: A steadfast bishop unafraid to challenge consensus

in 2018 bishop joseph strickland, who led the diocese of tyler, in texas, stuck his head above the parapet at a gathering of the united stat...

Katherine Bennett

You can't police belief but the State still tries to control our thoughts and values

scotland's new hate crime and public order act is part of a trend in the western world for the state to police our thoughts and values. desi...

Could the abortion issue decide US election?

three out of five americans profess a christian faith. most of them, numbering about 140 million, or 42 per cent of the us population, belon...

Nicholas Wapshott

Catholic medical community ‘deeply concerned’ by Biden's nursing home plan

new york – a national association of catholic healthcare facilities in the us is “deeply concerned” that controversial new nurse staffing st...

US media star Candace Owens converts to Catholicism at the Brompton Oratory

candace owens, the conservative media personality and host of the candace owens podcast , has converted to catholicism. she made the announc...

Finnish MP to stand trial for third time for tweeting Bible verse

former government minister and sitting finnish parliamentarian päivi räsänen will stand trial a third time for her bible-verse tweet, the su...

The Catholic Herald

Half of new priests ordained in US this year will be 31 years old or younger

half of the men scheduled to be ordained as priests in the united states in 2024 are 31 years old or younger, according to the latest resear...

The Catholic Herald

What beer drinking can teach Richard Dawkins and Tom Holland about 'Cultural Christianity'

the news that richard dawkins has declared for "cultural christianity" has excited many christians. one wonders why. like other cultural chr...

Alexander Norman

Belgian court strikes down order shuttering National Conservatism conference for hosting the 'conservative, religious right'

the belgian justice system has acted promptly to protect the  freedoms of speech  and assembly by issuing a decisive emergency lat...

Pope's popularity rating tumbles in United States

new york – a new report has found that pope francis’s favourability rating among american catholics has fallen from 83 per cent in 2021 to 7...