"What we have to avoid absolutely is that religions engender fear, attitudes of exclusion or of superiority in people." This was the message delivered on November 18 by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue at an historic meeting in Vienna, Austria. That day saw the inaugural meeting of the King…

“You are not alone and will never be alone.” Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, addressing survivors of super-typhoon Haiyan as he announced a Day of Lament and Hope for the Philippines November 16.   “A mass exodus is taking place, on a biblical scale. In some places, there is a real danger that Christianity…

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America’s State Department has officially designated Boko Haram as a ‘terrorist’ organisation. The move has implications for how the United States and its military can now engage with the radical Islamist group in its global ‘war on terror’ and may signal an increase in the assistance offered to the Nigerian government in combating the group…

Msgr Jim Cassin said “it is essential that parents are catechised and empowered to carry out their formative role as evangelisers of their children”.

Bishop Treanor commissioned the external independent review of Down & Connor in December 2012.

Archbishop Pietro Parolin, the Vaticanís new Secretary of State, has assumed his post after a period of recuperation from illness. Archbishop Parolin was installed as Secretary of State in absentia on October 15 when an unexpected surgical procedure forced him to remain in hospital. Following his release, the archbishop took time in the city of…