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England’s historic Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham gets new rector
Walsingham is not a strange place to Billing. In the late 1990s he spent one summer working as a night...
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Swiss bishop calls for women’s ordination, end to celibacy ahead of synod
Gmür didn’t stop at questioning celibacy; he also waded into another contentious issue: the ordination of women. “The subordination of...
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Overwhelmingly Anglican Isle of Man to get first Catholic cathedral
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – The Isle of Man, a small British Crown Dependency located between Ireland and Great Britain, will...
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Irish bishop warns young drivers against lure of ‘bravado’
LEICESTER, United Kingdom — Bishop Fintan Monahan of Killaloe in Ireland says young men between 18 and 24 are behind...
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Pope Francis entrusts to Mary ‘Mediterranean Encounter’ with youth and bishops
“In a way, this message reminds us of the history of this basilica and what it represents,” he continued. “In...
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UK Catholics urge government to ‘scrap the cap’ on new Church-run free schools
LEICESTER, United Kingdom — Catholic leaders in England are calling on the government to end de facto restrictions on the...
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Papal envoy’s leopard skin vestment stirs social media sensation
ROME – A veteran Vatican diplomat recently became a brief cause célèbre in Italy after images of him celebrating Mass...
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Spanish priests criticize radio personalities who say Mother Teresa took advantage of poor
Higueras further accused the saint of being a “chunga,” (a dodgy person as defined by the Spanish Royal Academy: “bad-looking,...
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Ethnic Armenians surrender and disarm following Azerbaijan offensive
The attacks forced over 10,000 people, including women, children, and elderly, to evacuate their homes, according to the Artsakh Ministry...
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N. Ireland prelates voice ‘grave concern’ over algae bloom at famed lake
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Leading archbishops in Northern Ireland, both Catholic and Anglican, have called for more action to protect...
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