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Columbia University’s Catholic chaplain condemns ‘malevolent’ nature of pro-Palestine protests
April 24, 2024
NEW YORK – Amid pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University that have led to more than 100 arrests, forced classes online and left Jewish students and faculty feeling unsafe and unwelcome, the university’s Catholic chaplain says the path forward “must first ensure that such malevolent protests, brimming with anti-Semitism, be stopped”. Father Roger Landry, who is
Scottish Parliament admits that policing ‘silent prayer’ in abortion ‘buffer zones’ difficult to manage
April 24, 2024
The Scottish Parliament has moved a step closer to sanctioning the “world’s most extreme buffer zone law” that could criminalise “private thoughts”, while acknowledging the difficulties in policing the law, especially when it comes to silent prayer. The proposed “safe access zone” that the law would establish includes not only the facility – usually a
‘Something inexorably broke’ in the Holy Land after Hamas attack, says Latin Patriarch
April 24, 2024
The violence, which began on 7 October 2023 with the Hamas attacks on Israelis, marks a turning point in the 76-year-old conflict in the Holy Land. Even now, Hamas holds more than 100 Israeli hostages, and the Palestinian victims of the disproportionate Israeli reaction exceed 30,000. Some 70 per cent of them are women and
Biden in worse trouble than Trump with Catholic voters – especially if they go to Mass
April 23, 2024
Recent survey data from the Pew Research Center indicates that incumbent US President Joe Biden is up against a high unfavorability rating among his fellow Catholics as the US approaches the forthcoming election in November. His Republican rival, former president Donald Trump, isn’t viewed favourably by a majority of Catholics surveyed either – but Biden
European bishops warn against ideological expansion as EU grows
April 23, 2024
Europe’s bishops have voiced support for the European Union’s future enlargement plans, saying it provides a unique opportunity to showcase the value of fraternity, but they also cautioned against the imposition of ideology and the pursuit of particular interests. Recently the bishops spoke out against efforts by EU politicians to make abortion a fundamental right
US media star Candace Owens converts to Catholicism at the Brompton Oratory
April 23, 2024
Candace Owens, the conservative media personality and host of the Candace Owens Podcast, has converted to Catholicism. She made the announcement yesterday on social media, stating that she has “made the decision to go home”. “There is, of course, so much more that went into this decision and that I plan to share in the
Reflections on a pilgrimage to a Jordan Peterson rally: the good, the bad and the evil
April 23, 2024
Last week I made my first visit, or pilgrimage even, to a Jordan Peterson rally in Oklahoma in the United States. I and my YouTube colleagues from “Catholic Unscripted” had been invited to a behind-the-stage event following his appearance. Although I had once been invited to take part in an academic seminar probing Peterson’s ideas
UK Parliament passes Rwanda refugee bill that is ‘as inhumane as it is absurd’
April 23, 2024
Britain’s Parliament has finally passed the Rwanda bill which will send some asylum seekers to the African country, a move a leading Catholic agency says is “as inhumane as it is absurd”. The controversial bill was passed after months of back-and-forth between the House of Commons and House of Lords. The Jesuit Refugee Service UK
From betrayal to benediction: three cities, two paintings and the one and only Caravaggio
April 23, 2024
The National Gallery in London is celebrating its bicentenary by lending twelve of its most famous paintings to various museums and galleries throughout the United Kingdom. One beneficiary is the Ulster Museum in Belfast, which starting on 10 May will showcase The Supper at Emmaus, a masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. At the same
Italy’s abortion row heats up amid concerns about influence of pro-life organisations from US
April 22, 2024
ROME – Conflict is churning both inside Italy and across Europe over a new plan by the Italian government to introduce pro-life consulters to publicly funded family planning clinics that issue the certificates women need to undergo an abortion. Despite the controversy, so far the Italian bishops’ conference, known by its acronym of CEI, as
Praying for vocations and good shepherds
April 22, 2024
Yesterday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, is known as the Good Shepherd Sunday. That is because on this Sunday, in all three-year liturgical cycles’ readings, the Church invites us to meditate on the Gospel of John. It is also known as Vocation Sunday, and dedicated to promoting vocations in the Catholic Church and encouraging individuals
Majority of Scots oppose abortion buffer zones, parliament consultation reveals
April 22, 2024
A Scottish Parliament consultation on MSP Gillian McKay’s buffer zone Bill has shown that 77 per cent of respondents oppose introducing so-called abortion buffer zones to Scotland. Polling from Savanta ComRes shows that less than a third of the population in Scotland support the introduction of nationwide buffer zones around abortion clinics. The consultation was undertaken by the
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