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The church that copied the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Within the unassuming exterior of English Martyrs Catholic Church in Goring-by-Sea is a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ...
The New Yorker1d
This Easter, with the Pope Ailing, Will the Catholic Church Stand Up to Trump?
Pope Francis has long advocated for immigrants, refugees, and the vulnerable—but the Church, like other institutions, may ...
Worshippers seek Vatican help as masses end at church
Parishioners feel their "faith is being taken away" by a decision to stop holding regular masses at their church. According ...
Four centuries later, Easter’s date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...
The Catholic Church is breaking up with the U.S. government. Here’s why it matters
Catholic refugee programs in the U.S. have been reeling since President Donald Trump froze federal funding after returning to ...
The Economist1d
Searching for the Catholic Church’s centre of gravity
His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...
How did the Catholic Church select Carlo Acutis to become first millennial saint?
Born in 1991, an Italian boy will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation on April 27.
St. Thomas More Catholic church closing on SW Side; money raised for Greenstone Church in Pullman
Holiday brings good news for one Chicago church, but sadness for another. In the Pullman neighborhood, there came word that enough money has been raised to keep Greenstone Methodist Church afloat, but ...
Research shows countries that cut ties with the Catholic Church perform better
King Charles's recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments ...
A brief guide to the Catholic Church's saint-making process
The Catholic Church will proclaim its first millennial saint on April 27, elevating Carlo Acutis, a teenage web developer who died from leukaemia in 2006, to the same status as Saint Francis and ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Catholic Church denounces online sale of relics of first millennial saint
With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to police in Italy to ...