Pope Leo will hold a meeting of the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conference to discuss ways to proclaim the Gospel to ...

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De Santis is a celebrated jurist and an honest and dedicated politician, but he is overly cautious. His endless procrastination infuriates his loyal daughter ...

The woman in question? Mary Magdalene. Davies can’t pinpoint the start of her personal fascination. “It’s something that has grown through me over the years,” ...

The Nicaraguan authorities have banned the ordination of priests and deacons in four dioceses whose bishops are in exile.

Spring,” they say, “starts low, then climbs.” It’s true: the progress of life’s early reawakening is all skywards, from the ...

Mary is the third of the five Bennet sisters created by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. Earnest, plain and sanctimonious, ...

I have written a book about how overthrowing capitalism is more important than giving up chocolate, and because I am a nun ...

In many ways, St Óscar Romero had a spectacularly positive vision for human life. He knew God’s presence, he saw the ...

The House of Lords voted on Wednesday 18 March to decriminalise abortion at any point in pregnancy and not to reinstate ...

History teaches two lessons. First, that well entrenched rulers can repress opposition and prevent rebellion if they are ...

Liam McArthur MSP had introduced the Bill in March 2024 and in May 2025 it had passed the first stage by a comfortable margin ...