Cardinal Marx to stand down as chairman of German Bishops Conference
February 11, 2020
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Cardinal Reinhard Marx has announced that he will not seek a new term as chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference
Newman relic stolen
February 8, 2020
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The only surviving piece of bone thought to belong to St John Henry Newman has been stolen from the Birmingham Oratory
Archbishop forbids Communion in the hand
February 3, 2020
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The Archbishop of Kampala has forbidden receiving Holy Communion in the hand
New Rector for Walsingham shrine appointed
January 27, 2020
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The Rt Rev Mgr Canon Philip Moger has been appointed as the next Rector of the National Shrine of Our
Oscott Rector appointed new Bishop of Northampton
January 8, 2020
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The Rector of Oscott seminary, Canon David Oakley, has been appointed the new Bishop of Northampton. Canon Oakley, 64, will
Oscott Rector appointed new Bishop of Northampton
January 8, 2020
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The Rector of Oscott seminary, Canon David Oakley, has been appointed the new Bishop of Northampton. Canon Oakley, 64, will
Parishioners win Vatican appeal against church closure
January 6, 2020
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Parishioners in Conwy, north Wales, have won their appeal to the Vatican against the closure of their church. The last
Black Hermits excommunicated
January 6, 2020
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Three members of the Black Hermits group in Westray, Orkney, were informed of their excommunication on Christmas Eve. The Diocese
Lib Dem candidate ‘deselected because of his Catholicism’ to sue party
December 12, 2019
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A former Liberal Democrat candidate is suing his party for religious discrimination, accusing it of deselecting him for his Catholic
Catholics cannot ‘watch from the balcony’ in UK election, bishops warn
December 2, 2019
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Catholics cannot simply “watch from the balcony” in Britain’s forthcoming General Election, bishops have warned. The bishops of England and
Children abused for decades at ‘sadistic’ Catholic school, report finds
October 24, 2019
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A “sadistic and predatory” atmosphere allowed priests to “act like the mafia” in covering up the sexual abuse of dozens
Polish bishops call for St John Paul II to be made Doctor of the Church
October 22, 2019
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The President of the Polish Bishops Conference has asked Pope Francis to proclaim St John Paul II a Doctor of