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What is the Pontifical Academy for Life?

By Jael SC / November 9, 2016

The main goal of the academy, as founded in 1994 by St. John Paul II, is still “the defence and […]

By Kilian SC / November 9, 2016

Pope Francis is throwing open the doors to the papal apartment — including the bedroom where popes have slept —

By asiel / November 9, 2016

People rigidly bound to the law suffer pain, pride and often live a double life, Pope Francis said in a

By Jael SC / November 9, 2016

Twenty years ago this week, parliament voted to legalise abortion. MANDLA ZIBI looks back on the events leading to that vote, and

By Jael SC / November 8, 2016

Women religious are often the first people to discover problems emerging in society because they work directly with so many

By Kilian SC / November 8, 2016

Today, US voters go to the polls to elect their new president. DENNIS SADOWSKI surveys what role the “Catholic vote” plays. Is there

By Kilian SC / November 7, 2016

When the search for profits outweighs all other considerations in society, money becomes a god who terrorises humanity – excluding

By asiel / November 7, 2016

Professing belief in the resurrection of the dead and affirming that the human body is an essential part of a

By Jael SC / November 7, 2016

Visiting a cemetery on the feast of All Souls can evoke feelings of loss and sadness, but for Christians marking