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March 10, 2016

You don’t have to be a scientist to understand evil

March 10, 2016

To truly understand evil we must accept that we are fully responsible for our actions

Year of Mercy brings rise in confessions to St Peter’s Basilica

March 10, 2016

Rector at basilica says he has also seen a rise in non-Catholics wanting to go to Confession

New report details genocide committed by Islamic State against Christians

March 10, 2016

Document calls on the US State Department to recognise the genocide

Bishops hail ‘hugely significant’ Irish-language Missal

March 10, 2016

The Irish bishops’ conference urged priests to buy the new altar edition for use in parishes

Faith alone enables us to leave behind the futility of the past

March 10, 2016

Fifth Sunday of Lent: Is 43:16-21; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 (year c)

London’s religious awakening

March 10, 2016

I went looking for the soul of the metropolis. What I found was an extraordinary spiritual ferment

Ecumenical problem number one: Russians barely know what the Catholic Church is

March 10, 2016

It is clear that people in Russia have only a hazy understanding of ecumenism

Why Woodstock became a nightmare

March 10, 2016

Review: Small Town Talk by Barney Hoskyns, Faber and Faber, £20

The unstoppable rise of Cardinal Sarah

March 10, 2016

The cardinal from a remote African village has become a standard bearer for Catholic orthodoxy in a Church where many things now seem uncertain

London’s religious awakening

March 10, 2016

This is the new London, an immigrant mega-city where nearly 40 per cent were born abroad. The old London of Pearly Queens and Cockney barrow boys is history. The new London is a city of Russian oligarchs, African night-cleaners and Polish builders – where only 45 per cent are white British. This is the city

Justice isn’t a dirty word

March 10, 2016

The Year of Mercy is undoubtedly a cause close to Pope Francis’s heart. When he speaks about the need for a more dynamic, evangelising Church, he is clear that the message to be carried out to the world is that of the love and mercy of God, which applies equally to everyone, regardless of their

The high watermark of Catholic Ireland

March 10, 2016

Catholic Ireland, as we knew it, is finished, it seems. When did this happen? The same-sex marriage referendum result – and, just as importantly perhaps, the way in which the debate unfolded – provides a clear marker, hard to quibble with. But Mary Kenny was already waving goodbye to Catholic Ireland in a book first