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The dangers of policing belief and the State trying to control our thoughts and values

April 11, 2024

Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act is part of a trend in the Western world for the State to police our thoughts and values. Designed to eradicate prejudice against groups who have historically suffered discrimination, and motivated by the new focus on gender identity, Scotland’s new law, and those like it, are ostensibly

British archbishop visiting Vietnam to help Vatican rebuild diplomatic ties

April 10, 2024

Liverpool-born Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, is currently visiting Vietnam and staying as a guest of the government until Sunday in a bid to continue improving diplomatic ties between the Vatican and the Southeast Asian country. Archbishop Gallagher has said little publicly about the purposes of

British Catholic bishops highlight ‘grave violations’ of human dignity scarring modern world

April 10, 2024

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has welcomed the Vatican’s declaration on Human Dignity for highlighting an issue that lies at the heart of the mission of the Church and for highlighting the “grave violations” of human dignity that scar the modern world. The main novelty of the document – which is the fruit

‘Dignitas Infinita’ is a commendable rebuttal to secular human rights manipulation – but that won’t stop the declaration being used by its antagonists to create more waffle

April 10, 2024

Dignitas Infinita. The Latin for “Infinite Dignity”. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new Declaration on Human Dignity arrives at a time in history where the idea of human rights is starting to eat itself. One of the core messages of the Declaration is that the Church sees that human rights are being co-opted by

Abortion can never be a fundamental right, bishops warn EU politicians

April 10, 2024

The Bishops of the European Union have reiterated their firm opposition ahead of the upcoming vote on 11 April in Brussels on whether to include the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Decrying the proposition, and the imposing ideologies surrounding it, the European Bishops have reaffirmed that a human being, in any

Stop just blaming mobile phones for children’s despair: Parents bringing up children without God isn’t helping either

April 10, 2024

Concerns and platitudes about mental health is all the rage for children these days. Over the years, with my three older children at school, I have seen offers of yoga (which is not exactly in keeping with Catholic teaching), therapy dogs, counsellors, assemblies on mindfulness, well-being week, “all-about-me” posters and much more. Granted, some of

INTERVIEW: Bishop-elect of Clifton talks about marriage, parenting in a secular world, the pressures faced by priests and much more, including the Church’s greatest asset

April 09, 2024

Pope Francis appointed Rev. Canon Bosco MacDonald as the tenth Bishop of Clifton on 14 March 2024. It followed the Pope on the same day accepting the resignation of the Right Reverend Declan Lang as Bishop of the Diocese of Clifton, one of 22 dioceses in England and Wales. The Catholic Herald subsequently spoke to Clifton’s new bishop-elect on

Catholic participation in UK General Election set to be extremely high due to issues at stake

April 09, 2024

Participation by Catholics in the UK’s next General Election is likely to be particularly high, according to the Catholic Union of Great Britain. A survey of the Catholic Union’s members and supporters found that just over 90 per cent of responders were planning to vote in the upcoming General Election. The figure is significantly higher than

The Temple Mount encapsulates the tragedy of religious conflict today

April 09, 2024

Easter is a good time to reflect on what the Temple Mount means for the three Abrahamic faiths, especially in the wake of the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel and all that has come to pass since. While holy to so many different religious believers, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has also long

Vatican’s new declaration praised for transcending liberal and conservative perspectives to tackle ‘modern misconceptions’ on human dignity

April 09, 2024

Many liberals and conservatives appear to be both applauding or denouncing the Vatican’s latest doctrinal document on human dignity for its stance on particular issues. But Catholic moral theologians instead highlight the consistency with which the issues are addressed, and the adherence to Church teaching exhibited. “The [list of issues] demolishes any kind of attempt

Helping young people flourish in the age of the ‘social media trap’: rediscovering the lost ‘art of association’

April 08, 2024

In hindsight the Covid pandemic was the world’s most extensive experiment to settle a centuries-old question that has befuddled scientists and philosophers alike – despite the guidance offered by the Church. The apparent riddle for such lofty minds is whether human beings are primarily individuals who just enter society out of selfish needs, or are

Vatican condemns ‘gender theory’ in new doctrinal document

April 08, 2024

The Vatican has condemned gender ideology in a document published 8 April. The new Declaration Dignitas Infinita on Human Dignity from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), offers a clear definition of human dignity as the Church sees it and stresses the need to uphold it from conception to natural death.

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