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Mother Teresa’s nuns struggle to care for sick in small convent near embattled Gaza hospital

mumbai – near gaza’s embattled al-shifa hospital, three nuns of mother teresa’s missionaries of charity are currently struggling to support ...

Nirmala Carvalho

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas: Journeying with the Magi

the herald's deputy editor joins the magi as they make their way to bethlehem, and takes the opportunity to reflect on their journey - and o...

Serenhedd James

Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch tells Christians to heed ‘call’ to live in Holy Land despite continual conflict

jerusalem’s latin patriarch has urged christians to remain in the holy land despite the current gaza war nearing its one-year mark and with ...

Changes in the state curriculum are spurring an increase in home-education

my oldest daughter is due to start school in september next year and applications for state schools will be due around christmas. one often ...

Olenka Hamilton

The extraordinary overruling of Roe v Wade

in an unprecedented leak of an opinion of the united states supreme court, it appears that the court has voted to vacate the landmark and no...

I Judge No One: A Political Life of Jesus, by David Lloyd Dusenbury

i judge no one: a political life of jesus david lloyd dusenbury hurst and co, £25, 312 pages the “political jesus” of 1970s liberation theol...

Alexander Faludy

New Mexico assisted suicide bill 'worst in the nation', Archbishop Wester warns

santa fe, n.m., mar 10, 2021 / 07:01 pm mt ( cna ) . the new mexico legislature could soon pass an assisted suicide bill that is “the worst ...

Catholic News Agency

As LA County limits emergency care amid COVID surge, ethicists weigh in

washington d.c., jan 6, 2021 / 12:25 am mt ( cna ).- los angeles county has announced it is limiting non-covid emergency care, due to hospit...

Minneapolis reels in wake of shooting: Archbishop Hebda appeals for calm

the city of minneapolis is again reeling after a police officer shot daunte wright, a 20-year-old black man, during a traffic stop. police s...

Here's to St Bernard of Clairvaux: celebrating the Cistercians and their Chardonnay

there can be few men who have had a larger impact on civilisation with almost no fanfare than the great st bernard of clairvaux: a doctor of...