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Female diaconate possible according to theologian nun advising Pope

Female diaconate possible according to theologian nun advising...

ROME – A Spanish nun who has participated in recent meetings of Pope Francis’s top...

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Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’...

ROME – Pope Francis told Catholics to carve out a silent space for God amid the...

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On the Record: Musical choices for heart and soul this Lenten season

On the Record: Musical choices for heart and soul this...

Candlemas was only just a couple of weeks ago; an early Easter this year means that...

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Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting...

A collective letter entitled “Filial Appeal” has gained the signatures of around...

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Rift between Vatican and Israel grows after Gaza remarks by top papal advisor 

Rift between Vatican and Israel grows after Gaza remarks...

ROME – A growing rift between the Vatican and Israel was exacerbated 14 February,...

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What the media misses with its cynical take on ‘Gen Z’ embracing traditional Catholicism

What the media misses with its cynical take on ‘Gen Z’...

Since the coining of the term “Gen Z”, older generations have maintained a steady...

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces Fiducia Supplicans ‘has no legal force’ for its followers

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces Fiducia Supplicans...

ROME – Amid myriad reactions unleashed by Fiducia Supplicans, a new Vatican document...

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Sharing God’s nature: the powerful pro-life message of the Eucharist

Sharing God’s nature: the powerful pro-life message of...

Bishop John Sherrington shares with Anita Boniface the powerful pro-life message...

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Don’t give up on the Church – and certainly not because of Fiducia Supplicans

Don’t give up on the Church – and certainly not because...

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and a lot of Catholics are arguing...

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French politics is suffocating the Spirit of Christmas 

French politics is suffocating the Spirit of Christmas 

Emmanuel Macron found himself in a spot of bother earlier in December when he invited...

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The Christmas School of Joy, with the Archbishop of Southwark

The Christmas School of Joy, with the Archbishop of Southwark

Once again at Christmas Our Blessed Lady and St Joseph invite us to meet their child:...

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‘On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me…’

‘On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me…’

A partridge in a pear tree…And also: Robert Southwell’s Burning Babe As I in hoary...

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‘On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me…’

‘On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me…’

Two turtle doves, andA partridge in a pear tree…And also: Good King Wenceslas, on...

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Light in the darkness: war in the Holy Land brings the Incarnation into clearer focus

Light in the darkness: war in the Holy Land brings the...

An apocryphal story, one of my favourites, has been doing the rounds in diplomatic...

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Fears mount for Christians in Gaza

Fears mount for Christians in Gaza

Fears are mounting over the future of Christians in Gaza following an outbreak of...

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This war was foreseeable: unrest has been brewing in the Holy Land for months

This war was foreseeable: unrest has been brewing in the...

Peace is often elusive in the Holy Land but the scale of the violence in the first...

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Remembering Willi Graf: 80 years to the day

Remembering Willi Graf: 80 years to the day

Alexandra Lloyd remembers Willi Graf and the White Rose struggle against Hitler,...

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Synod participants claim ‘no polarisation’, no plans to change doctrine on LGBT and women issues

Synod participants claim ‘no polarisation’, no plans to...

ROME – Participants in Pope Francis’s ongoing Synod of Bishops on Synodality said...

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Interview with Piers Paul Read: ‘Pope Francis unquestionably provides good copy’

Interview with Piers Paul Read: ‘Pope Francis unquestionably...

Piers Paul Read, the Catholic novelist and historian, has just released his new...

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Israel’s Vatican ambassador says Pope’s comments on right to self-defence filled a ‘vacuum’

Israel’s Vatican ambassador says Pope’s comments on right...

ROME – Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican has voiced appreciation for Pope Francis’s...