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Woman religious becomes first female president of Pontifical Mission Societies

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The 58-year-old Irish missionary is currently Superior General of the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles. Pope Leo has appointed an Irish nun, Sr Mary T. Barron OLA, as the...

Bangladesh Christians ask president to help ease missionary visa restrictions

By: Sumon Corraya

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A craving for beauty

By: Joanna Moorhead

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Breaking up … for now

By: Brian Morton

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12 January 2019

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Who has vision and charisma?

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In giving, do we receive?

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Cardinal warns of ‘radical’ housing crisis in Spain after eviction outrage

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German bishops commit to global Synod process despite delay to reforms

The reform movement We Are Church urged the implementation of decisions already made by bishops and lay representatives, warning that...

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Woman religious becomes first female president of Pontifical Mission Societies

The 58-year-old Irish missionary is currently Superior General of the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles. Pope Leo has appointed...

Bangladesh Christians ask president to help ease missionary visa restrictions

One foreign missionary described lengthy questioning during the renewal process: ‘When I applied to renew my visa, I was asked...

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A leading historical novelist and mother who raised a daughter and a son in a ‘feminist household’ wonders if the struggle for gender equality should be reframed for a new...

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We must end this destructive response to migrants

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Gays in the priesthood: Pope Francis’ muddled thinking

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Why Church-state reforms in Greece are likely to fail

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