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Christians banned from villages in Chhattisgarh, India as religious hostility increases in state

Christians in India have been banned from living in their villages unless they renounce their faith.

Ireland's proposed hate speech laws are chillingly vague and ill-defined

this week the irish senate (seanad) will commence a futile debate which is unlikely to amend the proposed legislation on hate speech and hat...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

'This fragile little Church': life among the Hebrew-speaking Catholics of Jerusalem

so often when our eyes turn to the middle east it is because of tragedy. the events of 7 october and the ongoing crisis in gaza have grabbed...

EXCLUSIVE from Bianca Jagger: The 'martyrdom' of Bishop Rolando Jose Álvarez Lagos

on thursday 9 february, 222 political prisoners were expelled from nicaragua to the united states by the dictatorial regime of daniel ortega...

What do young people actually want? The lessons of Lisbon and the Tupperware Tabernacle

world youth day was an astonishing and wonderful event. it gathered something like 1.5 million young catholics together in lisbon. if the wo...

Virginia poised to abolish death penalty

richmond, va., feb 4, 2021 / 08:11 pm mt ( cna ) .- the abolition of the death penalty has advanced in virginia, with the state senate’s pas...

Catholic News Agency

US bishops back 'Bread Not Stones’ campaign against military-industrial complex

new york – seventeen us bishops have thrown their weight behind a campaign to encourage congress to redirect military spending towards helpi...

'Do not kowtow to this evil': a Chinese Catholic speaks out as senior Communist-endorsed bishop visits Hong Kong

we hear a lot about china these days : from official vatican narratives surrounding the effectiveness of the controversial sino-vatican pact...

The Catholic Herald

If Only Americans Thought Like Catholics

a man embraces his wife and daughter after crossing the rio grande near the border between mexico and the united states in del rio, texas. (...

Curing the sick and casting out demons: Christ’s earthly ministry was to heal and to cleanse

the last two “ordinary” sundays before lent begins tomorrow, 14 february on ash wednesday, saw us reading from the first chapter of st mark’...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP