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MPs vote for ‘buffer zones’ to stop prayer and pro-life counselling near abortion clinics
October 19, 2022
MPs have voted overwhelmingly to impose “buffer” zones to prohibit prayers or pro-life counselling near all abortion clinics. They voted by 297 votes to 110 in support of an amendment to the Public Order Bill to introduce 150-metre exclusion zones around abortion clinics nationwide, with infringements punishable by six months in prison. The measure would
Pope’s Order of Malta reforms ‘illegal’ under UK charity law, says senior knight
October 13, 2022
The Pope’s reforms of the Order of Malta are illegal under UK law and has placed the organisation on a collision course with the Charity Commission, a senior British knight has said. Richard Fitzalan-Howard, a recently-retired President of the British Association of the Sovereign Order or Malta (BASMOM) and a Bailiff Grand Cross, also broke
Pope appoints Welsh priest as new Bishop of East Anglia
October 11, 2022
Pope Francis has appointed a prominent Welsh priest as the new Bishop of East Anglia. Canon Peter Collins, a former vice rector of the Royal English College in Valladolid, Spain, will succeed the Rt Rev. Alan Hopes, who has resigned after reaching his 75th birthday. The bishop-elect will be consecrated as the fifth Bishop of
Cardinal urges Truss to scrap plan to relocate Israel embassy
October 11, 2022
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has written to Prime Minister Liz Truss to express his “profound concern” over the relocation of the British Embassy to Israel. The intervention of the Archbishop of Westminster follows an announcement that Ms Truss told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid that she is reviewing the location of the British Embassy to his
Pope renews warnings of nuclear war as fighting escalates in Ukraine
October 10, 2022
Pope Francis has renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine and has warned the world again of the danger of the conflict escalating into a nuclear war. The Holy Father recalled the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and urged Russia, Ukraine and their allies to seek the “way of peace”. “We should not forget the
Police arrest Catholic mother over accusations of Twitter gender abuse
October 05, 2022
Police in Surrey have swooped on the home of a Catholic mother-of-five after she was accused of posting “malicious” online messages about “gender issues”. Caroline Farrow, a journalist known for her “gender critical” defence of Christian moral teaching, was arrested at her home in front of her children and body searched while police searched her
Vatican must stop Belgian bishops blessing gay couples, says Cardinal Eijk
September 30, 2022
A senior cardinal has said the Vatican must force the Belgian bishops to reverse their decision to permit liturgies for the church blessing of same-sex couples. Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, the Netherlands, denounced a document produced by Flemish-speaking bishops to bless gay couples because it undermined “the Church’s teaching on the morality of marriage
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Belgian bishops defy Rome to introduce church blessings for same-sex couples
September 23, 2022
Bishops in Belgium have introduced a liturgy for the blessings of same sex couples in defiance of teaching from the Vatican. A document issued by the Flemish-speaking bishops of Flanders also includes prayers, Scripture readings and suggested wording for same-sex couples to proclaim publicly and in a church setting “before God how they are committed
Cardinal Nichols peforms historic role at funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
September 19, 2022
This is only the second time that an Archbishop of Westminster has played a part in a Royal funeral in modern British history. Cardinal Cormac-Murphy O’Connor took on the same role at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2002. Cardinal Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, was among
Bishop compares Queen’s mourners to pilgrims revering St Bernadette
September 14, 2022
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury has drawn a comparison between pilgrims venerating the relics of St Bernadette and mourners paying the final respects to Queen Elizabeth II. In homilies delivered in Shrewsbury Cathedral yesterday and St Werburgh’s Church, Chester, this afternoon, the bishop said that in both instances people wished to revere people whom they
Pope leads Catholic Church in mourning death of Queen Elizabeth II
September 08, 2022
Pope Francis has offered his condolences to King Charles III for the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth, the UK’s longest-serving monarch. “Deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, I offer heartfelt condolences to Your Majesty, the Members of the Royal Family, the People of the United Kingdom and
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