Lord Alton of Liverpool Archives

Lord Alton of Liverpool

Persecution of Nigeria’s Christians raised in UK House of Lords

January 16, 2024

The jihadist extremism driving terrorist attacks across Nigeria has been raised in the UK Parliament’s House of Lords. Christians have typically been the target of such attacks. Lord Alton of Liverpool has called on the UK government to take action to help identify and bring to trial the perpetrators of recent extremist atrocities, and of previous killings

Tim Farron was given a hard time for being Christian, says cardinal

June 15, 2017

The Catholic chaplain to Parliament also said he was 'alarmed' by the circumstances of Farron's resignation

Government’s commitment to child refugees is now one of ‘honour and trust’ says Catholic peer

March 08, 2017

An amendment to enable more child refugees to come to the UK was defeated in the House of Commons last night

Archbishops from Syria and Iraq blocked from visiting the UK

December 05, 2016

The bishops were refused entry due to fears that they might not return home

Almost 2.5 million human embryos destroyed during IVF in Britain since 1990

November 23, 2016

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has released the latest total figures

Palace of Westminster to be lit up in red to honour those persecuted for their faith

November 23, 2016

The historic building will be lit up as part of ACN's Red Wednesday campaign

Westminster Cathedral to be floodlit in red to highlight plight of persecuted Middle East Christians

August 10, 2016

'If every parish in the country did the same it might at last wake up our political classes to the scale of the suffering,' Aid to the Church in Need has said

More than two million embryos destroyed in the UK since 1990

July 27, 2015

The latest Government statistics reveal that the number of embryos destroyed for IVF has now reached 2,227,972