Leo in France, Sheen in America: the Church reconfigures the art of speaking to the world
When Pope Leo XIV landed at Paris’s Orly Airport at 10am this morning at the start of his four-day apostolic
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IN MEMORIAM: Rev Dom Edgar Miller of Ampleforth Abbey
Ampleforth Abbey has asked the Catholic community to pray for the eternal happiness of The Reverend Dom Edgar Miller, monk
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Listen to our ninth FREE weekly podcast of David Torkington’s spiritual classic set in the Outer Hebrides
This week The Catholic Network presents the eighth podcast episode of David Torkington’s spiritual classic, Wisdom from the Western Isles.
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Sainthood cause opens for Belfast priests killed while tending wounded
Two Belfast priests who were shot dead while going to the aid of wounded parishioners during the Troubles could be
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Priest killed and four injured in knife attack at Polish abbey
The President of the Polish Episcopal Conference has called for prayers after a priest was killed in a knife attack
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New joint report calls on Welsh Government to end the invisibility of children affected by parental imprisonment
An estimated 5,000 children in Wales have a parent in prison at any one time, yet there is currently no
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Fr Colin celebrates 85th birthday with sponsored walk for John Bradburne Society
This October, Fr Colin Carr OP will celebrate his  85th birthday by undertaking a sponsored walk in and around Cambridge
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Hexham & Newcastle priest blesses blue plaque to remember Birtley Polish Belgians
During the First World War, some 6,000 Belgians lived in Birtley, Tyne & Wear, opposite what is now Windsor Road
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Care home resident shares memories with students from former school
A Newcastle care home resident took a trip down Memory Lane when he met sixth formers from his former school
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Alumnus credits Leeds Trinity with helping kick-start football media career
When Leeds Trinity alumnus Howard Bloom reflects on his journey to securing a dream job with his boyhood football team,
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J.R.R Tolkien’s ‘Christian imagination’ to be honoured at Westminster Abbey
J.R.R Tolkien is to be honoured in Westminster Abbey’s Poets Corner. A memorial to the Catholic author will be unveiled
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Pope: May France remain a champion of peace and multilateralism
Pope Leo XIV met privately with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace on Friday morning, just after his
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Archbishop Gallagher: Reconciliation is born of accepting truth about past
Reconciliation is born not from forgetting the past, but from the ability to face it truthfully, with courage and trust,
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Piddington referendum raises challenging questions about our response to migration
There is something almost comically English about declaring independence by putting a ballot box outside the village hall, but earlier
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Hollywood actor credits God for freedom from alcoholism in Emmy speech
Actor Tom Pelphrey thanked God for 12 years of sobriety in his award speech at the Emmys on Monday. The
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Listen to our eighth FREE weekly podcast of David Torkington’s spiritual classic set in the Outer Hebrides
This week The Catholic Network presents the eighth podcast episode of David Torkington’s spiritual classic, Wisdom from the Western Isles.
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ECUMENICAL: Church in Wales delays plans for same-sex marriage
The Church in Wales has delayed plans to introduce legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in church. The Church’s Bench
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Leeds Trinity named University of the Year for Student Experience
Leeds Trinity University has been named University of the Year for Student Experience by the 2027 Times and Sunday Times
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Green Lava: A young man’s story on the road to the Oscars
The life of Giacomo Mattivi can be described as a seemingly quiet one, like the landscape of the Dolomites, yet
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Lost pages of dangerous Catholic manuscript from time of dissolution have been found
Sir John Gage, a key figure in Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, saved a dangerous Catholic book from likely
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Government to end ban on Catholic and Jewish PMs’ involvement in Church appointments
The government has introduced a bill to end antiquated laws preventing Roman Catholic or Jewish prime ministers from being involved
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