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The Order of Malta faces the future

simon caldwell meets the ruffled order’s new grand hospitaller keen to build on its legacy. in june last year, pope francis seized control o...

Thousands travel to see 'incorrupt' remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster

thousands of pilgrims have travelled to see the “incorrupt” remains of the body of sister wilhelmina lancaster, which were yesterday pl...

Nebraska bans abortion at 12 weeks and sex change surgery for minors

nebraska will now ban abortion 12 weeks into pregnancy and ban gender-altering surgery for minors. a new bill, signed into law on monday, al...

Woke: the new religion?

the new culture has aspects of an old-style great awakening , says toby young for the past three years, in my capacity as general secretary ...

How a determined laity in Washington, D.C and Arlington, VA is fighting Latin Mass restrictions

since pope benedict xvi issued  summorum pontificum  in 2007, liberalising celebration of the traditional latin mass, the older fo...

Leading Catholics and rabbis agree: help terminally ill, reject assisted suicide

leading israeli rabbis and catholic church leaders have signed a joint declaration on the ethics of treating the terminally ill, and rejecti...

The Green Man on the King’s card

in the weeks leading up to the coronation, 2,000 invitations landed on doormats across the uk and the wider world. perhaps in a last few cit...

Pope recognises martyrdom of Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State

pope francis has recognised as martyrs a group of 21 coptic orthodox christians murdered by islamic state terrorists eight years ago. the ho...

LeRoy Carhart and how to love your enemy

when the news broke that notorious late-term abortionist leroy carhart was on his death bed, some pro-life christians on social media asked ...

Why Pope Francis chose Hungary for his speech on 'ideological colonisation'

a year or two ago i speculated about whether pope francis had intended a snub to hungarian prime minister viktor orbán by only visiting...