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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...

Biden’s new border restrictions 'dangerous, immoral and illegal', Catholic leaders say

new york – catholic leaders have said that president joe biden's new executive actions which will limit illegal immigration in order to gain...

Nevill Holt Festival: how a Catholic Recusant house has become a new Glyndebourne of the Midlands

instead of sitting in flapping tents in muddy fields, english country houses have become the preferred stage set for many new history and li...

US Ambassador to the Holy See to step down

new york – after two years serving as the u.s. ambassador to the holy see, joseph donnelly will soon step down from the post and return to h...

Scenes of heroic piety impress priest during Eucharistic exposition in New York

new york – when the national eucharistic pilgrimage passed through the bronx borough of new york city last week, fr roger landry witnessed w...

US synod report highlights 'tensions' expressed by American Catholics

new york – to address noticeable tensions, american catholics want church leaders to foster unity through promoting interculturality and gre...