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March 13, 2023

Ten years on: Pope Francis needs our prayers

March 13, 2023

Ten years ago, Jorge Mario Bergoglio stood on the balcony of St Peter’s in Rome, and said simply to the waiting crowd, “Buono Sera”, and asked them to pray for him. It was the beginning of a pontificate very different from any other. The archbishop of Buonos Aires was to become the first pope to

Romanian romance: Returning life to empty churches and villages

March 13, 2023

Life continues to return to the empty churches and villages of Transylvania, writes Jonathan Gaisman. If you want an authentic literary experience of Transylvania, the one connection to avoid is anything to do with Bram Stoker. A better entrée would be Miklós Bánffy’s Transylvanian Trilogy, in spirit the last great 19th-century European novel, though written

Catholic chaplain sues NHS for harassment after comments on marriage

March 13, 2023

A Catholic chaplain is suing the NHS because he says he was sacked after he answered questions from a patient about Church teaching on marriage. The Rev. Dr Patrick Pullino, a priest in the Archdiocese of Southwark, is taking action against South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust after he was dismissed

The Catholic argument against 15-minute cities

March 13, 2023

Suddenly there’s a lot of talk and media coverage around the concept of so-called 15-minute cities. The idea is that everything you need to live well in an urban setting – healthcare, education, food, employment, cultural life – should be easily reachable within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point in a town