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With our technologically-focused lives we need to remind ourselves of things that don’t need to be plugged in; here are ten great reasons to be outdoors

On the occasion of the centenary of the first apparition of the Holy Mother at Cova da Iria, Pope Francis makes a pilgrimage to one of the most famous Marian Shrines

Each one of us needs to be close to the Eucharist, which is “not a prize for the perfect, but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak”

Scorsese’s latest movie is a challenging study of faith put to the test in 17th century Japan, and a powerful reminder that actions speak louder than words

Patrick D’Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka, has become the first Bangladeshi cardinal in the history of the Church; our friars interviewed him in Padua just before he received the red hat in Rome

The number of deaths by euthanasia in the Netherlands has soared by 50 percent in the last five years, Cardinal Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, is fighting against this practice; our journalist talked to him