In the past few weeks Labour Members of Parliament have tabled amendments to the Conservative Government’s Criminal Justice Bill that would decriminalise abortion – that is, remove it from the criminal law. They are using a method that has worked very effectively in recent years: hijacking a government bill to make extreme changes to abortion law.

My generation of brother priests are those who sprang up buoyant from “the Benedict Bounce”: a phenomenon associated with the papal visit which breathed fresh life into the Catholic Church in Britain. It is all the more compelling that on face value alone it was nothing exterior that intrigued us about Pope Benedict, which we might typically have associated with celebrities. It was his gentleness and warmth, together with his phenomenal mind and beautiful theology, that spoke to us of his heart of prayer. He was holy man and, ultimately, holiness is the most attractive thing in the world.

In the end, the result was no shock, as Tory veteran Liz Truss defeated Rishi Sunak to become the UK’s next Prime Minister. It may seem odd to a global audience that the leader of a country of 67 million people could be selected by just over 140,000 members of a political party which just

Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2021 / 17:02 pm In a significant shift, the trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom, is no longer officially opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide. In a Sept. 14 announcement, the British Medical Association adopted a “neutral” stance on the issue, following a vote at its annual representative

A coalition of faith groups and religious leaders has denounced the government’s New Plan for Immigration” (NFPI). “We believe these proposals lack humanity and respect for human dignity,” they say in a open statement issued on Monday. “We believe it would be wrong to create a system in which the way people enter the UK

Pro-life advocates are gearing up to challenge attempts by the British Parliament to impose drastic changes on Northern Ireland’s abortion policies. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has announced a legal action against the UK government’s grant of wide-ranging powers to Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis to implement “fully-funded abortion service” in Northern

The secretary general of the Bishops' Conference has called for respect for the democratic process in order to stop violent protests

Have you ever looked at a newsstand and all the headlines objectively and wondered what kind of a society we have become?