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Woke: the new religion?

Woke: the new religion?

The new culture has aspects of an old-style Great Awakening, says Toby Young For...

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Why Pachamamas have no place in the Church

Why Pachamamas have no place in the Church

The podcast Merely Catholic gives me the opportunity to meet people of real calibre...

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Percentage of over-65s with ‘no religion’ doubles in last decade

Percentage of over-65s with ‘no religion’ doubles in last...

The proportion of English and Welsh people over 65 who have “no religion” has doubled...

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Finding Family at the Foundling Museum

Finding Family at the Foundling Museum

Family is where you find it, as they say. It is a broad statement in the face of...

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Judas Iscariot: patron exemplar of the politicisation of spirituality

Judas Iscariot: patron exemplar of the politicisation of...

Judas Iscariot, failed apostle, is no saint. But if he isn’t a patron saint, perhaps...

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What does Trump’s arrest mean for the next US presidential race?

What does Trump’s arrest mean for the next US presidential...

(New York) Next year’s U.S. presidential election has taken a dramatic turn with...

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John Paul II’s handling of abuse claims was the opposite to what his attackers want us to think

John Paul II’s handling of abuse claims was the opposite...

The day after thousands of faithful Catholics gathered around Poland to defend the...

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Me, my girls and God’s plan: Vanessa Neumann on adoption and finding her children in Colombia

Me, my girls and God’s plan: Vanessa Neumann on adoption...

‘Adoption is the purest expression of love,” said our driver, as he whisked me and...

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Oxford college ditches St George’s Day dinner and will celebrate Eid instead

Oxford college ditches St George’s Day dinner and will...

One of the foremost colleges at the University of Oxford cancelled its annual St...

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Passion of Christ returns to Trafalgar Square

Passion of Christ returns to Trafalgar Square

Today the crowds of Trafalgar Square will once again this year find themselves enveloped...

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On the Eighth Day of Christmas: Starting anew

On the Eighth Day of Christmas: Starting anew

On the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Mother Winsome SBVM reflects on the ups...

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Benedict XVI: Francis, Charles and Biden lead tributes

Benedict XVI: Francis, Charles and Biden lead tributes

Pope Francis, King Charles III and President Joe Biden are among the world leaders...

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Benedict XVI’s most tangible legacy

Benedict XVI’s most tangible legacy

The embodiment of this personal journey, which I have always seen as growing from...

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Benedict XVI: Compassion without compromise

Benedict XVI: Compassion without compromise

Benedict's legacy feels as relevant as ever. In his spiritual testament, he said...

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On the Ninth Day of Christmas: Twelfth Cake revisited

On the Ninth Day of Christmas: Twelfth Cake revisited

Would it be Christmas without a Dickensian flourish? Pen Volger introduces the predecessor...

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What Benedict XVI meant to me and my sisters

What Benedict XVI meant to me and my sisters

I was in our community chapel, just before Mass, when I received a message that...

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Benedict XVI: a teacher for the whole world

Benedict XVI: a teacher for the whole world

It was not until I got to the Jesuit-run Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI,...

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On the Tenth Day of Christmas: Urbi et Orbi

On the Tenth Day of Christmas: Urbi et Orbi

Pope Francis’s address before the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony...

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Pope’s College of Cardinals is becoming less European

Pope’s College of Cardinals is becoming less European

Pope Francis represented a significant break from previous Popes. Although of Italian...

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Pope Francis has a unique opportunity to reconcile Canada’s First Nations with the Church

Pope Francis has a unique opportunity to reconcile Canada’s...

The Pope has said his trip to Canada – which will begin this coming Sunday – will...