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May 01, 2014

Cora Sherlock: ‘Many Irish people live in a dreamland about abortion’

May 01, 2014

Mary O’Regan meets the softly spoken but steely campaigner seeking the repeal of Ireland's abortion law

Print edition: May 2 2014

May 01, 2014

This week we bring you exclusive eye-witness accounts of the papal canonisations from Sky broadcast journalist Colin Brazier, Dame Joanna Bogle and Jo-Anne Rowney. We also include full reports on the ceremony itself and Pope Francis’s homily along with a brilliant canonisation cartoon from cartoonist and author, Simone Lia. We also have in-depth coverage on

Daily Readings: May 4 – 10

May 01, 2014

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Like those disciples long ago, we must press the Lord to remain with us

May 01, 2014

Third Sunday of Easter, Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35 (Year A)

The saint who declared Elizabeth I a heretic

May 01, 2014

Pope St Pius V (April 30) focused on restoring morality to Rome

Employers who do not allow their workers to enjoy their work and use their creative skills are deforming God’s creation

May 01, 2014

St Joseph the Worker pray for us!

Archbishop McMahon: Be ready to do things differently

May 01, 2014

New Archbishop of Liverpool installed on feast of St Joseph The Worker

Pope Francis sends condolences to family of Ann Maguire

May 01, 2014

Pope offers "sincere sympathy" to those affected by tragedy at school

Why Rowan Williams is much more comfortable as an academic than he was as an archbishop; and why he should never have gone to Canterbury in the first place

May 01, 2014

If we really have to have an established Church, its head needs to take the defence of basic Christianity quite seriously

Morning Catholic must-reads: 01/5/14

May 01, 2014

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Ayrton Senna: The Catholic who lived at 200 miles an hour

May 01, 2014

Manish Pandey on the deep faith of Ayrton Senna, the daredevil racing driver who died 20 years ago today

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