Archbishop Paglia says priests can be present at assisted suicide
Archbishop Paglia said he would be willing to hold the hand of someone dying from assisted suicide
Lib Dem candidate ‘deselected because of his Catholicism’ to sue party
Rob Flello called the party an ‘intolerant’ place ‘where Catholics are not welcome’
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As general election nears, bishops across UK stress right to life
Every voter and politician must resist attacks on the right to life, Catholic bishops have said ahead of the December 12 UK General Election
DC basilica attack leaves ‘Mary’s Shrine’ shaken, and at prayer
A violent attack at ‘Mary’s Shrine’ in Washington DC on Tuesday shook the community and prompted prayer and solidarity among staff and regular attendees
Peoria bishop announces novena for Venerable Sheen’s sainthood cause
The Bishop of Peoria is inviting Catholics to pray a novena to ‘petition God unceasingly’ that Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s sainthood cause may move forward
Vatican’s investment manager backed company that ‘misled investors’
The Italian businessman responsible for investing millions of Vatican funds owned a stake in an online options trading company fined in 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading investors
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‘The day I received a phone call from the Pope’
Imagine your phone rings and a man with an Argentine accent says: ‘This is Francis. I received your letter.’
Two guards injured in attack at Washington Basilica
Police have ended a standoff with a suspect after an attack at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception left two people injured
Pope Francis blesses 100 nativity scenes
Pope Francis visited the ‘100 Nativities in the Vatican’ display to bless Christmas scenes from all over the world
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Also in this issue…
Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC (1935-2019) – Catholic Editor Extraordinaire
Stenhouse respected his readers’ interest in important subjects, but he never talked down to them or took refuge in professional jargon
Exclusive data: How Catholics are likely to vote in the General Election
Several key battlegrounds are in the Church’s traditional heartlands. Catholics could therefore have a significant impact
Governments can and must take on the billion-dollar pornography industry
The public harms of porn are indisputable. If governments care about the welfare of their people, they must act
In an age of lobbying and identity politics, our leaders are out of touch
By orientating policies around the individual and corporate interest, rather than familial interest, politicians have become disconnected from ordinary people
Stay-at-home mothers can form their own ‘domestic monastery’
We mothers who have been privileged to have had the opportunity to stay at home to raise our children know what a great gift this is
Why it’s good to acknowledge our unworthiness this Advent
We need the penitential character of Advent in order to prepare our hearts to receive the joy of Jesus Christ
Washington and Lincoln weren’t theocrats – but they believed in the common good
Today, our social principle is lost amid statism and individualism
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