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Britain: The Eucharist – extravagant ambitions
June 07, 2018
This could be remembered as the year of the Blessed Sacrament In a memorable speech to World Youth Day Pilgrims in 2011, Pope Benedict XVI compared the effects of the Eucharist to those of nuclear fission. Transubstantiation, Benedict suggested, is “meant to set off a process which transforms reality, a process leading ultimately to the
Britain: Misfired canon
May 31, 2018
German bishops could look to Britain for advice on Communion for Protestants Catholics have become used to cardinals and bishops forcefully opposing each other. But the recent furore in Germany has been exceptional. The majority of German bishops approved a draft plan to admit Protestant spouses of Catholics to the Eucharist – when those spouses
Britain: An island of sanity
May 24, 2018
Church leaders help to defeat a proposal from Guernsey’s chief minister The campaign for assisted suicide, frustrated by Parliament in 2016, turned its attention to a smaller target: the island of Guernsey. But last week the proposal was defeated in Guernsey’s parliament, the States of Deliberation, by 22 to 16. Although Guernsey, an island of
Britain: Free schools – a door slams shut
May 17, 2018
Damian Hinds ends hopes for Catholic free schools Since January, when Damian Hinds was appointed education secretary in Theresa May’s reshuffle, everyone had agreed that he was likely to lift the cap on new Catholic free schools. The Tories had promised to do so, and Hinds – a weekly Mass-goer – publicly supported the idea.
Taiwan: Twilight in Taipei
May 17, 2018
The island’s bishops make a last-ditch appeal to the Holy See It is almost too symbolic. Last week, as Taiwan’s bishops arrived at the Vatican, they brought gifts for the Pope including a painting by Taiwanese artist Chia Shen-chen, “Merciful Sun Shines on Taiwan”. Taiwan is in need of mercy: a small island of 22
Malaysian bishop joins ‘Pastoral Appeal’ on Communion and moral teaching
May 16, 2018
The Pastoral Appeal, signed by 250 priests, asks bishops to condemn errors on Communion for the remarried and other questions
Britain: A Sunday snapshot
May 09, 2018
An academic reveals the make-up of British Catholicism “The Dark Age formula.” The phrase, coined by the theologian Fr Aidan Nichols, refers to the right mixture of identities for converting a nation. Seventh-century England came to the Faith thanks to Anglo-Saxons working together with missionaries sent from Rome. To bring modern England back to Catholicism,
Fact check: Did Cardinal Dolan lend Rihanna his mitre?
May 09, 2018
The story has gone round the internet - but the archdiocese says it was a joke
Oxford professors: ‘strong argument’ for new law after Alfie case
May 04, 2018
A paper in the British Medical Journal calls for 'new solutions' and considers a 'significant harm' legal test
Britain: Family matters
May 02, 2018
The case has divided Catholics. Is there any common ground left? For Alfie Evans’s parents, his death is a tragedy which they will have to endure for the rest of their lives. For many of Britain’s institutions, it has been a challenge to which they are struggling to respond. The NHS has been criticised –
Alfie’s Law? Charlie Gard’s parents announce new campaign to change protocol
April 27, 2018
Chris Gard and Connie Yates said that their son's case, like that of Alfie Evans, showed the need for a law which avoids 'unnecessary conflicts'
The battle for Alfie
April 26, 2018
The Alfie Evans case has shaken Britain and the Church. It raises serious questions about whether the law needs to change
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