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Assisted suicide supporter admits “absolutely no hope” of Bill passing in the Lords
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Dublin council due to celebrate Pagan Goddess on St Brigids Day
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Scotland’s first millennial saint
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Schwarzenegger and Confession, and more returns to papal customs
Schwarzenegger’s encounter with Leo XIV, the return of papal liturgical customs, and Cardinal Fernández
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Assisted suicide supporter admits “absolutely no hope” of Bill passing in the Lords
Lord Falconer has admitted that there is no prospect of the UK’s assisted suicide Bill becoming law this year
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The rule of life Christ gave the world
James Bradbury
On the Sermon on the Mount
St Augustine of Hippo
Ezekiel’s chariot: human, eagle, lion and ox
Patrick Pullicino
St Thomas Aquinas and TikTok
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What Siegfried Sassoon still teaches us about war and conscience
As Britain’s military leadership calls for national mobilisation in the face of new threats, the experience of the First World War offers a sobering reminder of how easily moral certainty can harden into moral blindness
Anthony McCarthy
Review: St John Henry Newman: A New Doctor of the Church
Paul Shrimpton
Raspail’s The Camp of the Saints: Suicidal empathy is not Christian
Thomas Colsy
The curious Catholic comedy of James Donald Forbes McCann
Daniel Turner
The poetry and priesthood of Fr Joseph Evans
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Pope Leo: A Bridge-Builder
In his first months, Leo XIV looks like a listener: he calls synodality an attitude of openness, maintains Church teaching on marriage and sexuality, and signals cautious openness to broader Latin Mass celebration. The aim is less polarisation, deeper dialogue, a bridge builder who consults widely and will lead decisively.
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Elites blocked Maria Steen’s candidacy, narrowing democracy and silencing Catholic conservatives’ voices.
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Halloween’s vigil confronts death with Christian hope, not fear or superstition today.
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AI: helping angel or diabolic machine?
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