German bishops 'deeply saddened' as parliament votes to legalise same-sex marriage

Catholic bishops in Germany are 'deeply saddened' by parliament’s decision to legalise same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt children...

Marawi bishop dismisses 'ridiculous' proposals to negotiate with IS-linked extremists for release of priest

Pell's absence threatens Vatican financial reform plan

UK bishops offer prayers for terminally-ill baby, Charlie Gard, as parents say life-support will be turned off

Conscience-based objectors sue Illinois over law requiring them to inform patients of 'benefits' of abortion

DRC bishops condemn repression and demand elections

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Card trick at the House of Saud: Why Trump's Saudi Arabia claim makes little sense to christians and muslimsPremium

President Trump’s claim that Saudi Arabia is a valuable ally in the war against global jihadism makes little sense to a Lebanon-based correspondent’s Christian and Muslim friends

28 June 2017 by Charles Glass

Playing for high stakes: DUP deal is fraught with political riskPremium

A Caribbean mystery: Motive for the killing of a Canadian Jesuit priest in Jamaica remains unclearPremium

When God comes out to play: Nature and childhood as sacred placesPremium

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Cardinal Pell: The Church will also be on trial

There must be clarity on marriage Premium

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Could attacks perpetrated by women in the name of IS become a reality in the UK?

16 June 2017 by Rachel Bryson

Never too futile to try and understand the mind of a sectarian terrorist

24 May 2017 by Sean Carey

'Wicked' Tablet correspondent shares a joke with Pope Francis

30 April 2017

Odd text from Cardinal Sarah is often praiseworthy, sometimes questionable, unfortunate and downright mistaken

04 April 2017 by Fr Anthony Ruff

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Pope's homily at Mass celebrating 25 years since he was ordained a bishop

27 June 2017 by Isabella Haberstock de Carvalho

Full translation of communique from Vatican after state visit of Donald Trump, President of the United States

24 May 2017

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We cannot rely on ‘gut feeling’ for what is right to keep a society from going off the rails Premium

28 June 2017 by Carmody Grey

What an extraordinary period we have lived through since the referendum of June 2016 Premium

28 June 2017 by Peter Hennessy

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Responding to disaster Premium

28 June 2017 by Peter Michael Scott

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God is back Premium

29 June 2017 by Simon Scott Plummer

That smile Premium

29 June 2017 by Richard Owen

Greek tragedy Premium

29 June 2017 by Clarissa Burden

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Blessed are the peacemakers Premium

29 June 2017 by Laura Gascoigne

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29 June 2017 by Mark Lawson

A dog's life Premium

29 June 2017 by Lucy Lethbridge

Holland’s hidden cathedral Premium

29 June 2017 by Joanna Moorhead

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