1+ week, 1+ day ago   (682+ words) With temperatures topping 32°C, only three hours’ sleep and a headwind pushing against him, Andrew Foote could be forgiven for seeing his 2,246-mile cycle ride to Jerusalem as an endurance challenge. Instead, the 32-year-old gardener insists it is something very…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (658+ words) A Finnish member of parliament has been blocked from entering the UK where she was due to give a talk in person on freedom of speech at a religious freedom conference. Päivi Räsänen had been convicted for hate speech by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (530+ words) Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne has said he was deeply shaken by witnessing the situation of Christians in the Holy Land, calling for support and stating that the world “cannot ignore what is happening”. The comments came as part…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (881+ words) catholicherald.co.uk Trans activists disrupt Mass as thousands march for life, and China's underground bishops defy Beijing More than 10,000 people marched through London for this year's March for Life on Saturday, walking from Westminster to Parliament Square under the…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (439+ words) Jerusalem’s Christian schools suspended classes on September 1 after Israeli authorities failed to renew entry permits for staff from the West Bank – disrupting the new academic year for more than 8,500 students. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need…...