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The latest Catholic news

Scottish assisted suicide campaigners lose legal battle against Lord Advocate.

First audio recording inside Sistine Chapel (panel above) permitted by Pope Francis.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols congratulates Queen on becoming longest serving monarch in British history.

Pope will visit a Church in financial crisis while in the US.

Website containing 300 years of Irish Catholic parish records is massive online hit.

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Pope’s annulment reform will recalibrate synod.

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