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May 7, 2020

During pandemic, film and books will commemorate St John Paul’s legacy

Pandemic restrictions have upset plans for pilgrimages and major public Masses celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of St John Paul II. But it hasn’t stopped book launches and an online film premiere about the life and legacy of Karol Wojtyla, who was born on 18th May 1920, in Wadowice, Poland. Spanish filmmakers are... Read More
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April 3, 2019

Harry Potter books among items burned at Catholic parish in Poland

Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have burned books, including the Harry Potter series, and other items that their owners said had evil forces. Images from the burning at Gdansk’s Mother of Church parish on Sunday were posted on Facebook by a Catholic foundation that uses unconventional ways of religious work. In the... Read More
Catholic Times, News – World
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December 31, 2018

Cricket legend pays tribute to unlikely TV star Sr Wendy Beckett

Former England cricketer-turned TV personality Phil Tufnell has paid tribute to Sr Wendy Beckett, the Roman Catholic nun who became an unlikely television star in later life, following her death at the age of 88. Sr Wendy, an art critic and presenter, died at the Carmelite Monastery in Quidenham in Norfolk on Boxing Day. She... Read More
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August 28, 2018

New York professor nabs grant for book on Catholics touched by 9/11

A religion professor from New York is one of 22 recipients of a federal $60,000 grant for scholars and writers that will allow her to study and write about Catholic families affected by the terrorist attacks on 11th September 2001, in New York City. Julie Byrne, associate professor of religion at Hofstra University in Hempstead,... Read More
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March 15, 2018

Retired pope says criticism against Pope Francis is ‘foolish prejudice’

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended the continuity of the Church’s teaching under his successor and dismissed those who criticise the pope’s theological foundations. In a letter sent to Mgr Dario Vigano, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, Pope Benedict applauded the publication of... Read More
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