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Church does not want to stop devotees praying to Mary but is determined to avoid Catholicism being hijacked by fraudsters

The chrism oil which will be used to anoint the King during his Coronation is vegan friendly

From punk and China to Catholicism and Karl Lagerfeld

The Peacock series is bonkers, but paints a unique perspective on Catholicism I had never seen before.

From punk and China to Catholicism and Karl Lagerfeld

Claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been common in Catholicism. And now they’re going to get a closer look – but on a worldwide scale.

With the death of Australia’s patron of ‘the unloved and unlovely’, who remains as the public face of cultural Catholicism?

A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to endure through decades of prohibitions by Cuba’s communist government

Father Gabriele Amorth (1925-2016) was undoubtedly the most famous Catholic exorcist of the modern era. By his account, Amorth performed at least 60,000 exorcisms during the course of his ministry, sparking a renewed interest for exorcism within Catholicism.

When he was presented to a cheering crowd at St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on 13 March 2013, few people outside Latin America knew much about Jorge Bergoglio.

Pope Francis regularly mentions the war in South Sudan. The Catholic Church is highly present in the country, whose independence only dates back to 2011, although just a third of the population is Catholic. The Catholic Church faces increasing competition from Protestant churches and traditional religions in South Sudan. Nevertheless,…