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Distribution of ‘puberty blockers’ to children halted by NHS England amid increasing political and theological pushback

March 13, 2024

It has been announced that so-called “gender identity clinics” run by NHS England will no longer be permitted to prescribe the drugs known as “puberty blockers”. An interim report from within a wider review into gender identity services in England, which is due to be published in the next few weeks, raised concerns surrounding the

Cardinal Parolin backs Pope over Ukraine and negotiation, citing ‘real’ risks of nuclear escalation

March 13, 2024

ROME – Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin has defended Pope Francis’s recent remarks suggesting that Ukraine step back and consider opening negotiations to end its ongoing war with Russia. The Pope’s comments received a significant amount of backlash, especially his comment about “the courage of the white flag”. Speaking to Italian journalist

Ukrainian groups criticise Pope’s comments about negotiations to end war

March 11, 2024

ROME – There has been a significant backlash from both Ukrainian civil and ecclesial authorities in the wake of a recent interview Pope Francis gave in which the pontiff appeared to imply that Ukraine ought to consider the “white flag” option and opening negotiations to end the ongoing war with Russia. Speaking while visiting the

Pope talks of ‘courage to negotiate’ to end war in Ukraine

March 11, 2024

ROME – The Pope has spoken of Ukraine needing to consider negotiations to end the ongoing war with Russia. In weighing up the debate between those who say it is time for Ukraine to consider a negotiated settlement and those who argue the country must fight on, the Pope has said he believes “the strongest

Pope’s blessings for ‘same-sex couples’ definitively sink ecumenical dialogue with Copts

March 09, 2024

One of the most influential Oriental Orthodox Churches has suspended theological dialogue with the Catholic Church and reaffirmed its opposition to “all forms of homosexual relationships,” in the latest blow to a recent Vatican document which sets a way for blessing members of same-sex relationships. The declaration – “Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of

Euthanasia deaths in Belgium reach record high

March 06, 2024

Deaths by euthanasia in Belgium have hit a record high, new government figures have revealed. The number of people dying by a lethal injection at the hands of their doctors has also nearly doubled in the space of just 10 years, according to the Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia. Statistics show that in

Italian Catholics reverting to ancient Roman gods, seers and sorcerers

March 05, 2024

A startling number of lapsed Catholics in Italy are reverting to the deities of ancient Rome and turning to pagan seers, astrologers and psychics, attesting to a potentially catastrophic collapse of Catholicism in its traditional bastion. Over 160,000 sorcerers are doing brisk business in the occult and New Age practises, with over three million Italians

France becomes first country in world to make abortion a constitutional right

March 04, 2024

France has chosen to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right, thereby becoming the only country in the world to use its most fundamental principles of national law to guarantee the right to terminate a pregnancy up to 14 weeks. Lawmakers from both houses of the French Parliament voted 780 to 72 in favour of the