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Gillian Keegan announces ‘landmark decision’ to lift faith-based admissions cap on free schools
May 01, 2024
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has announced plans to lift the notorious faith-based admissions cap on new free schools. Following lobbying from the Catholic Church, the Conservative Minister today announced a consultation about abolishing the cap that prevents free schools and academies from selecting more than half of pupils on grounds of religion. Introduced in 2010
Parenting expert Gina Ford’s fame is a symptom of the collapse of the extended family
May 01, 2024
It has been 25 years since the publication of the bestselling The Contented Little Baby Book by Gina Ford. Many mothers and fathers will know of Gina Ford, and I suspect that her fame (or for some notoriety) is such that she may even be known to those who do not have children. She is
The dark side to Donald Trump’s ‘precious babies’ and IVF successes
April 30, 2024
A few years ago, I sat on a BBC Breakfast sofa and debated human embryo experimentation with a lady who was the Chief Scientific Officer for a group of IVF laboratories. We argued about whether experimentation on “spare” human embryos could be morally justified and whether the law should abolish the 14-day rule restricting such
‘Justice and peace shall kiss’ in Verona during Pope’s visit
April 30, 2024
Pope Francis is due to make what will be his second journey of the year beyond Rome in order to visit the Italian city of Verona, the famous setting of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” tragedy. On 18 May the Pope will travel to Verona, which is located in the Veneto region, approximately 75 miles
Catherine Pakaluk discusses religious influences on mothers choosing to have lots of babies
April 30, 2024
It is old news that birth rates are falling in Britain and across the West. And yet, despite this, discussion around fertility rates is only just becoming mainstream in the UK. While a few of our politicians begin to ask why women are having so few children, Catherine Pakaluk, a social scientist, Catholic mother of
Augustine Institute’s new campus aims to become evangelising ‘crossroads’ for renewal of Church in US
April 30, 2024
NEW YORK – Following the purchase of a sprawling new campus in Florissant, Missouri, the president of the Augustine Institute says he envisions not only growth of its graduate program, but for the campus to become a “crossroads” for the renewal of the US Church. Founded in 2005 in Denver, Colorado, as an education apostolate,
Four-year study released showing impact of abuse crisis on Catholic community in England and Wales
April 30, 2024
Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies has released what is being described as the first study into how the clerical child sexual abuse crisis has impacted “the whole Catholic community” in England and Wales.  The Cross of the Moment report is based on four years of research and explores the ecclesial and cultural implications of the
EU’s abortion vote is a ‘radical attack’ on life, says Pope’s top deputy
April 30, 2024
ROME – In a wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis’s top diplomat said a recent vote and attempt by the European Parliament to style abortion as a fundamental right constitutes a “radical attack” on human life. “When life is attacked in such a radical way, you truly have to ask what kind of future we want to
‘Momentous’ day for Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham as it gets first Bishop Ordinary
April 29, 2024
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Right Revd Mgr Keith Newton from his pastoral responsibility for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. As of 11 a.m. on 29 April, in addition to Mgr Keith Newton stepping down as the Ordinary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsinghan, the Pope appointed Father
Guilt by association is everywhere now and is the antithesis of Christ’s message
April 29, 2024
Twice in the last twelve months friends have written to me warning me not to speak at particular conferences. They have advised me that I will be associated, toxically and perhaps beyond repair, with and by the “wrong kind of Catholic”.  They might be right. Guilt by association is now becoming a common currency of
Suspended Italian army general now populist politician criticised by bishops for comments on children with disabilities
April 29, 2024
ROME – Italian populist politician and suspended Army General Roberto Vannacci has been criticised by activists and the country’s Catholic bishops over remarks suggesting that children with disabilities ought to be separated in school classrooms. Among those hitting back against Vannacci’s remarks was Bishop Francesco Savino of Cassano all’Jonio, vice president of the Italian Bishops
Living in Christ is a call to love by word, deed and truth
April 29, 2024
What does it mean to live in Christ? That is a question the answer to which I found fulfilled in the readings of Sunday yesterday. In the book of Acts, we can witness God’s grace transforming Paul, previously known as Saul. Saul was a persecutor of the Church and approved the stoning of St. Stephen,
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