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Walsingham is designated a minor basilica

January 07, 2016

Pope Francis has given the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham in England a rare honour. The shrine – specifically the Slipper Chapel, the Chapel of Reconciliation and the Domain – has been granted minor basilica status. The announcement was made by Bishop Alan Hopes of East Anglia on the feast of the

Clinton accepts ISIS killings are genocide

January 07, 2016

Hillary Clinton has put her weight behind a campaign to recognise the persecution of Iraqi and Syrian Christians by Islamist extremists as genocide. The US Democrat presidential candidate told a meeting in New Hampshire that she believed there was “enough evidence” to prove that the scale of violence committed against religious minorities by ISIS terrorists constituted

Christmas messages condemn ISIS

January 07, 2016

Senior religious and political figures condemned violence in the name of religion and spoke of the threat ISIS poses to Christians in their Christmas messages. “Any claim to justify violence in the name of God is abhorrent. It is always a corruption of true faith,” said Cardinal Vincent Nichols in his homily given at Midnight

In brief

January 07, 2016

Church official calls for ‘diverse’ schools A spokesman for the Church in Scotland has called for the creation of schools with a more “diverse” belief system that goes beyond Catholicism. In a column for the Herald Scotland, Peter Kearney said this would engender “tolerance and respect for diversity”. Irish bishops mark Rising anniversary The Irish

Traditional Mass on the rise in Francis era

December 22, 2015

More than 60 Christmas Masses in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated throughout England and Wales this year, marking a significant rise compared with previous years. In 2012, 44 Christmas Masses were advertised by the Latin Mass Society, followed by 50 Masses in both 2013 and 2014.But this year, 61 Masses in the Extraordinary Form will

Faithful follow bishops through Holy Doors

December 22, 2015

Year of Mercy doors – known as “doors of mercy” – opened throughout the country earlier this month as dioceses marked the start of the Year. The Holy Doors at Westminster Cathedral were opened by Cardinal Vincent Nichols during Vespers on Sunday, December 13. The cardinal was joined by the cathedral chapters and the chaplains

Comments of the Week

December 22, 2015

A disheartening attack on African Christians SIR – It was disheartening to read (December 4) of the post on the German Church’s official website ridiculing the Church in Africa. The post attributed the growth of the Church in the “dark continent” to the people being socially dependent and having nothing else but their faith. But

Don’t impose change, says bishop

December 22, 2015

A Scottish bishop has said that his 90-year-old father is so bewildered by cultural change that he’s glad to be on his “way out”. In an address to the Scottish Parliament last week Bishop Stephen Robson of Dunkeld spoke of his father reaching his 10th decade. He said: “He has been badly traumatised by many of

Croatian Blessed ‘to be made a saint soon’

December 22, 2015

A Croatian archbishop has said that the canonisation of Blessed Alojzije Stepinac is not in doubt despite opposition from some Orthodox leaders. The Blessed led the Church in Croatia for more than 20 years – five of which, from 1946 to 1951, he spent in a communist labour camp. Archbishop Zelimir Puljic, head of the

In brief

December 22, 2015

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‘Denial of God has caused untold cruelty’

December 22, 2015

Pope Francis has called for an end to the death penalty worldwide, lifting the burden of debt on poor nations, global aid policies that respect life and revamped laws that welcome and integrate migrants. He made the appeals in his message for World Peace Day, which is on January 1. The message, delivered to world

In brief

December 22, 2015

Pope praises ‘historic’ climate change deal Pope Francis has praised the climate change deal agreed at the United Nations summit in Paris as “historic” and urged countries to implement it “with unanimous commitment and generous dedication”. He made the remarks in his Angelus address. Patriarch: evading talk with Rome is wrong Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill

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