Francis and Benedict back symposium exploring human rights

Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI have both sent letters to Fr. Federico Lombardi to mark the inauguration of the 2018 International Symposium 'Fundamental Rights and Conflicts Among Rights', being held by the Ratzinger Foundation in Rome.

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Voices from a quiet Church

Ahead of Pope Francis’ visit next year, Japanese Catholic leaders and thinkers consider the troubled history of their faith, and the opportunities facing their community today

14 November 2018 by Lucy Alexander

Putting the pain of others first: Rowan Williams on St Oscar Romero

Lost ideal of a nation ravaged by zealots: mob rule in Pakistan

Maxed-out morality: the dark side of debt

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Still we pray they did not die in vain

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Just Transition and the care of our common home

In the aftermath of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate published a 2016 report indicating that the transition to sustainable energy would require around $90 trillion of global infrastructural investment over 15 years. Victoria Hoskins of Rathbone Greenbank Investment reports.

31 October 2018 by Victoria Hoskins

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Remembering remembrance: a reflection on faith, sacrifice and war

14 November 2018 by Clifford Longley

Pray, Pay and Obey: Taking up the Collection in the Twenty-First Century

06 November 2018 by Mark Faulkner

Young Catholics at Youth Synod: 'We are up for the challenge.'

29 October 2018 by Christopher Lamb

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Pope Francis: 'I believe the Lord wants change in the Church.'

17 October 2018 by Translation by La Civiltà Cattolica

Text of Cardinal Wuerl's letter to Catholics of Washington Archdiocese

15 October 2018

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Young people have plainly got a taste for a showdown between good and evil

14 November 2018 by Melanie McDonagh

The institutions of the Church have to become more transparent

14 November 2018 by Clifford Longley

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What next? wonders the Astronomer Royal

14 November 2018 by Teresa Morgan

Life after death

14 November 2018 by Hilary Davies

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14 November 2018 by Lucy Lethbridge

Another country

14 November 2018 by Ian Thomson

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Soul searching: Lotto has the psychological edge over Titian

14 November 2018 by Laura Gascoigne

Joanna Murray-Smith drives a horse and carriage through love and marriage in a play of raw emotion

14 November 2018 by Mark Lawson

Art attack: cash cows and balloon dogs

14 November 2018 by Anthony Quinn

Diplomats are people too – or are they?

14 November 2018 by Lucy Lethbridge

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Francis and Benedict back symposium exploring human rights

Voices from a quiet Church

Just Transition and the care of our common home

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