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Church from the 1950s receives £1 million government grant for new roof

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The church in Wallsend heads a list of nine Catholic churches to receive grants announced today by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Our Lady and St Columba, in the Diocese of Hexham...

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Henri Nouwen: Christ’s acrobat

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Under endless skies

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Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer after operation

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Priest faces trial on ‘treason’ charges in closed Belarusian court

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Respecting the human form: the art and ethics of gene-editing

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For whom does the great bell of Kiev toll? Moscow and Constantinople: another great Schism

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How to solve the British housing crisis

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