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Each SSPX bishop must make their own commitment to unity, says Vatican spokesman
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Fr Lombardi says reconciliation talks continue but that each SSPX bishop will be treated individually
Pro-lifer who never gave up the fight is mourned
Wednesday, 16 May 2012The Requiem Mass for Phyllis Bowman yesterday paid tribute to a courageous and loving woman
Vatican to create Australian ordinariate
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
A church in Melbourne is already earmarked for use
Superior general says the SSPX may split over reconciliation with Rome
Friday, 11 May 2012
Bishop Bernard Fellay says: ‘I cannot exclude that there might be a split’
Benedict XVI formally recognises Hildegard of Bingen as a saint
Friday, 11 May 2012
Although she was never canonised, St Hildegard is to be added to the catalogue of saints
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Leading ex-Anglican scholar to be ordained a Catholic priest
Thursday, 10 May 2012John Hunwicke is among 21 men to be ordained a priest for the ordinariate this year
Welsh Government tells Catholic schools to give a ‘balanced perspective’ on same-sex marriage
Thursday, 10 May 2012A Welsh Government minister has told Catholic schools that they must give a balanced perspective on same-sex marriage
Benedict XVI: from the moment of my election I have felt supported by your prayers
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
At his weekly general audience the Pope thanks faithful ‘from the depths of my heart’
Readers offered 50 free tickets for Romano Prodi lecture
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Former Italian prime minister to give Newman lecture in Oxford next week
Print edition 11.05.12
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Features
Note to readers: missing clues for crossword 235
Monday, 14 May 2012
Here we publish the missing clues to last week’s crossword
A Michelin-starred chef on why families should always eat together
Thursday, 10 May 2012
It matters more than you think, says Richard Corrigan
‘I knew I’d never see complete victory’
Monday, 7 May 2012
In her last major interview, published on March 2, veteran campaigner Phyllis Bowman talked to Madeleine Teahan about her 45-year ‘battle for the baby’
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The poet who saved a saint’s priceless letters
Friday, 4 May 2012Joseph Pearce recalls the extraordinary life of Roy Campbell, who hid St John of the Cross’s letters from Spanish militiamen
The priest who prayed the rosary and heard Confessions as the Titanic sank
Monday, 16 April 2012
Fr Thomas Byles, who grew up in Lancashire, was described by Pope Pius X as a ‘martyr for the Church’
Catholic Life
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The Passion is re-enacted in Walsall town centre
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Diocese unveils vestments
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Seafarers to receive Easter eggs
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
It is now time to undo the injustice bishops are doing to too many priests, falsely accused of child abuse and now vindicated, but still torn from their priesthood
By William Oddie