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The terrible truth about 'assisted dying': Lessons from Canada and Australia

another big push to legalise “assisted dying” in the uk has been reinforced by celebrity endorsements,  hard cases and the testimonies ...

Survivors of Nigerian Christmas Eve massacre still sheltering at Catholic church

none of the perpetrators of a deadly set of coordinated attacks on dozens of christian communities in nigeria’s plateau state have been held...

US Bishops highlight nationwide threats to religious liberty

new york – a first-of-its-kind report from the u.s. bishops’ conference spotlights religious freedom concerns nationwide. it highlights a pa...

Ecuadorian Catholics negotiate and pray during prison riot crisis

são paulo, brazil – one week after a drug lord escaped from prison and detonated an unprecedented crisis of violence in ecuador, local catho...

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Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick deemed not competent to stand trial in abuse case

new york – a wisconsin judge on 10 january suspended a sexual assault case against theodore mccarrick after a court-appointed psychologist f...

US criticised for not addressing mounting 'genocide’ against Christians during bloody ‘Islamisation’ of Nigeria

yaoundè, cameroon – with nigerians sounding alarms over what some describe as a mounting “genocide” against christians in africa’s most popu...

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Watts of Westminster: a truly English firm with a 150-year legacy of crafting the beauty of holiness

cecilia rexworthy introduces the work of watts & co as the firm celebrates its 150th anniversary. if you wander past westminster abbey, ...

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Israel-Palestine anxieties bear heavily on productions at Covent Garden and Bath

filled as they are with stories about vengeful israelites in conflict with their neighbours, it takes little effort these days to find sensi...

‘Deteriorating situation’: Persecution of Catholic Church in Nicaragua

new york – archbishop thomas wenski of miami has said nicaragua's dictatorship has gone “off the rails” with the latest round of arrests of ...

Culture wars are nothing new: Mince pies were popish abominations to Cromwell’s Puritans

with the christmas period continuing through to early january, might i urge catholics to "hold the line" – to keep their trees and decoratio...