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Contact your local MP over assisted suicide bill, plead bishops of Lancaster and East Anglia in pastoral letters

Contact your local MP over assisted suicide bill, plead...

Episcopal pastoral letters against a proposed Bill to legalise assisted suicide...

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The Pollens, an English Catholic artistic dynasty

The Pollens, an English Catholic artistic dynasty

Catholicism in England since Emancipation in 1829 has thrown up a number of dynasties...

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English bishops call for higher taxes on fossil fuels

English bishops call for higher taxes on fossil fuels

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Church leaders in England are calling on the government...

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Priest stabbed during Mass in Singapore

Priest stabbed during Mass in Singapore

MUMBAI, India – A priest in Singapore was stabbed by a knife-wielding man during...

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Balaclava-clad protestors ‘guard’ Catholic Church forcing Loyalist march to re-route

Balaclava-clad protestors ‘guard’ Catholic Church forcing...

A groups of masked protestors “guarded” St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Glasgow...

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Trump can’t dictate China policy to the Pope, says  Vatican’s top diplomat

Trump can’t dictate China policy to the Pope, says Vatican’s...

ROME – The Vatican’s top diplomat has said that a controversial deal with China...

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Cardinal calls all Catholics to ‘holy hour’ of prayer to defeat assisted suicide Bill

Cardinal calls all Catholics to ‘holy hour’ of prayer to...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has called for Catholics in England and Wales to join him...

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Mystery as installation of Plymouth bishop cancelled for second time in under a year

Mystery as installation of Plymouth bishop cancelled for...

The installation of a new Bishop of Plymouth has been mysteriously suspended for...

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Beyond the bling: Mughals, Catholics and glittering works of art

Beyond the bling: Mughals, Catholics and glittering works...

There must be plenty of art enthusiasts who don’t know what a regular Mughal is,...

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Pope takes roses and chocolates to Italy’s abortion pioneer

Pope takes roses and chocolates to Italy’s abortion pioneer

Pope Francis has taken chocolates and a bouquet of roses to the Italian politician...

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New book questions role of priest in notorious witchcraft trial

New book questions role of priest in notorious witchcraft...

A new book on witchcraft has challenged the alleged role of a Catholic priest in...

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Milwaukee Archbishop-elect brings ‘compassion, scholarship and commitment to service’

Milwaukee Archbishop-elect brings ‘compassion, scholarship...

NEW YORK – When a reporter asked Archbishop-elect Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee what...

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The ‘horrifying’, ‘brutal’ and unspoken truth of what assisted suicide is really like

The ‘horrifying’, ‘brutal’ and unspoken truth of what assisted...

Rather predictably, Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury,...

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The growing power of the Amish vote in US politics

The growing power of the Amish vote in US politics

Religion has not played a central role in this election campaign. It seems that...

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Everything up in the air as bitterest of US elections gets underway

Everything up in the air as bitterest of US elections gets...

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Both yesterday and today there been nothing about the US election...

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Veteran appeals abortion thought-crime rap as CPS allows discreet prayers

Veteran appeals abortion thought-crime rap as CPS allows...

An army veteran prosecuted after he prayed silently outside an abortion clinic is...

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Brits don’t do grief well: all the more reason to embrace All Souls’ Day

Brits don’t do grief well: all the more reason to embrace...

I was asked the question: What would I say to a person who has lost a loved one...

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In search of the late Brother Harold: paying a visit to England’s oldest hermit

In search of the late Brother Harold: paying a visit to...

It first occurred to me to visit Shepherd’s Law last October, though it beats me...

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Regicide revisited: Ronald Hutton on his new book about Oliver Cromwell

Regicide revisited: Ronald Hutton on his new book about...

Oliver Cromwell is, unequivocally, a modern British hero: in the 2000 BBC poll to...

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Ringing the changes, from Tudor to Stuart

Ringing the changes, from Tudor to Stuart

From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I by Susan DoranOxford...