Religious believers who feel protected by God can be inclined to take risks

The unprecedented move is the first time that a cardinal has been removed from office in living memory

The law of the Church should be seen as something that empowers and can help build community, according to a new study of canon law. A Novus Habitus Mentis: Canon Law as Empowerment of Communio with particular application to selected new ecclesial communities and associations by Sr M. Bonaventure Higgins was formally launched at All…

A weekend event for ‘Creative Catholics’ – those involved or interested in the musical, visual, literary or dramatic arts – is being organised by a group called His Mad Plan. The theme of the weekend is ‘Beauty Will Save the World’ and it is designed to be a weekend of prayer, talks and workshops from…

The Church in Cuba is to build its first new church since the revolution in 1959. The new church will be in the centre of Sandino, the largest town in the western province of Pinar del Río, the Archdiocese of Havana has told Agenzia Fides. Local bishop, Dr Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez says the church,…

L’Arche founder Jean Vanier has won this year’s Templeton Prize. The £1.1 million prize honours a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, and always exceeds the Nobel prizes in value, due to founder John Templeton’s belief that spiritual advances are no less important than those in other areas…

At least 14 people have been killed and 78 injured in two suicide bombings at churches in Pakistan’s most densely populated Christian area.  A security guard spotted one of the bombers trying to enter St John’s Catholic church in Youhanabad, Lahore, and forced him to detonate the bomb without entering the church, while at the…

Schools are places of ‘security and shelter’