Charles Collins, Author at Catholic Herald

Charles Collins

End ‘devastating war’ in Gaza and Israel, plead Church leaders in Holy Land

March 29, 2024

Christian leaders in the Holy Land have issued a Holy Week message demanding and end to the war in Gaza and Israel. “[We] repeat our denunciation of all violent actions in the present devastating war, especially those directed at innocent civilians, and we reiterate our calls for an immediate and sustained ceasefire,” reads the message

Cardinal Nichols ‘heartbroken’ over attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church that he knows personally

December 18, 2023

LEICESTER, Crux – Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of the UK’s Roman Catholics, says he is “heartbroken” over the attack on a Catholic compound in Gaza by the Israeli military that left two women dead. On 16 December, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, announced that an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) sniper killed

Catholic groups hail COP28 progress but say more must be done

December 15, 2023

Catholic leaders say the final agreement at the COP28 conference on climate issues is progress, but it does not move fast enough to eliminate fossil fuels. Nearly 200 countries have agreed to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels — the first time they’ve made that crucial pledge in decades of U.N. climate talks though many

Philippines: Islamist terrorism will not derail interfaith dialogue, says Archbishop Ledesma

December 09, 2023

Archbishop Emeritus Antonio Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines said on Friday that religious leaders remain committed to “continuing dialogue” after an attack on a Mass by Muslim terrorists on 3 December. Archbishop Ledesma, the co-president of Pax Christi Pilipinas, said the pain from the deadly blast that claimed four lives in the

Joy in Rome and Westminster as UK band joins up with Bethlehem singer for Christmas record

December 08, 2023

A song by a Bethlehem resident made in connection with a London-based band has been praised by Pope Francis as Christmas approaches. Youstina Safar, a student at Bethlehem University, has collaborated with the band Ooberfuse on the song Hear Angels Cry. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales issued a statement saying the song

Expert says church is ‘waking up’ to climate crisis under Pope Francis

December 04, 2023

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A leading Catholic expert on the environment has said that under Pope Francis’ leadership, “the whole church is waking up” to the climate crisis. “It feels like Pope Francis is acting as a barometer for climate action,” said Neil Thorns, Director of Advocacy and Communications at CAFOD, the overseas development arm

Pope meets with Celtic, Scotland’s traditionally Catholic football team

November 30, 2023

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Pope Francis met on Wednesday with members of the Scottish soccer team Celtic, a day after they played the Rome soccer team Lazio in the UEFA Champions League. The meeting took place despite the Pope’s ongoing lung inflammation that has forced him to curtail his schedule and skip an international trip.

UK judge blocks transfer to Pope’s hospital for baby girl with rare disease

November 09, 2023

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A British judge ruled Wednesday that a baby girl with a rare disease may not be transferred from the UK to Italy for treatment, despite a fast-track decision by the Italian government to grant her citizenship and to name the general director of the papally-sponsored Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital as her

Cardinal Nichols praises new National Tribunal for managing clerical sex abuse cases

November 06, 2023

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – President of the England and Wales Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, said Saturday was a “most significant day in the life of the Church in England and Wales, and indeed for the Church more widely” due to the creation a new National Tribunal to apply the church’s criminal law. Nichols called

Parents fail to persuade European court to intervene to save ‘dying’ baby

October 27, 2023

A baby has been denied a transfer from an English hospital which has decided to remove her life-support treatment. Indi Gregory is being treated at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, and the city’s NHS Trust argued his life support should end. The eight-month-old girl has a rare mitochondrial disease and her parents have maintained

Catholic groups urge Government to scrap two-child cap on benefits

October 20, 2023

Catholic groups in Britain are calling on the Government to make changes to the benefit system to help families with the cost of living. The Catholic Union and Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) are asking that the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on November 22 announce an increase in child benefits, scrapping a two-child cap on Universal

Elena Curti’s new book: ‘Another 50 churches to see before you die’

October 19, 2023

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – In the middle of the COVID pandemic, Elena Curti published Fifty Catholic Churches to See Before You Die, looking at several buildings which demonstrated the growth of the Catholic Church after it was re-legalized in the United Kingdom in the 1800s. Now, Curti has returned to the subject in Another Fifty Catholic Churches to

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