From cleaner to curial leader
Latest Features
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‘There’s hunger for mercy in the world’
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Cardinal Seán O’Malley talks to Mary O’Regan about Irish abortion legislation, Pope Francis and his new role as a ‘super cardinal’
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‘Being a Catholic Liberal can be difficult’
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Peter Stanford speaks to Sarah Teather, the MP who defied the coalition on welfare and gay marriage
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How Catholics can conquer depression
Thursday, 2 May 2013
An American psychiatrist explains what inspired him to write a guide to the condition specifically for members of the Church
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My poignant journey in search of the martyrs
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
When Nancy Bilyeau began writing an historical thriller she got up close to the horror of the Reformation
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Franciscans display their gifts of faith and power
Friday, 26 April 2013Jill, Duchess of Hamilton on a spectacular exhibition of Franciscan treasures brought to the Palace of Versailles from the Holy Land
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The nightmare ended in jazz and cigarettes
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Ed West says that Norman Stone’s new book is yet another lapidary work of genius
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A pop queen descends on the Vatican
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Gloria Estefan to speak at TEDx event in Rome
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Tory party leaders have forgotten what a conservative outlook is all about
By Francis Phillips