A relic of bones of an early pope was given to the Catholic Church after it was stolen from a car and recovered by a waste disposal company.
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Nearly 500 British priests sign statement in support of ‘Humanae Vitae’
50 years after publication of Humanae Vitae, “so much has unfolded in our society that has been to the detriment of human life and love,” the statement said.
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Communion cannot be shared with friends like beer or cake, cardinal says
Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.
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Pope Francis mourns death of British toddler Alfie Evans
The 23-month-year-old died on April 28 from complications of a degenerative brain condition.
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Doctors criticize court refusal to allow Alfie Evans to go to Italy
A group of doctors has criticized the refusal of some of their colleagues and a court to allow Alfie Evans to travel to Italy for treatment as “medical tyranny.”
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U.K. cardinal to Catholic school teachers: Don’t embrace “gender ideology”
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster suggested that children would find their “greatest joy” by accepting their biological sex.
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British lawyer says no buffer zones needed around abortion clinics
Local councils in London, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Manchester are considering establishing buffer zones around abortion clinics.
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Bishops urge the United Kingdom to allow more child refugees from France
U.K. Catholic leaders urged the British government to accept more child refugees from northern France after reports that hundreds of young people are being forced to sleep outdoors in low temperatures.
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Pope Francis tells Belgian Brothers of Charity no more euthanasia for patients
The order follows repeated requests for the group to drop its new policy of permitting doctors to perform the euthanasia of “nonterminal” mentally ill patients on its premises.
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Nigerian calls West’s imposition of abortion ‘cultural supremacy’
“In all my work with African countries, I don’t know of any which is screaming, ‘Come and help us, we have this abortion crisis.'”