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Archdiocese of Birmingham gets two new Auxiliary Bishops
April 26, 2024
Pope Francis has appointed two new auxiliary bishops to serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Monsignor Timothy Menezes, Dean of St Chad’s Cathedral, and Canon Richard Walker, Vicar General, will serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham as auxiliary bishops, notes the archdiocese’s website. The role of an auxiliary bishop is to assist the diocesan bishop in the
Pope goes prime time and does first US TV network interview
April 25, 2024
Pope Francis has done his first extended one-on-one interview with a US TV network in the course of his 11-year papacy. The 87-year-old Pope on 24 April did an interview in Rome with news anchor Norah O’Donnell of CBS (the abbreviation of Columbia Broadcasting System), one of the main commercial broadcast television and radio networks
Lindisfarne’s Marygate House retreat centre ‘suffering’ after 54 years of stormy weather on Holy Island
April 24, 2024
Almost a million people visit the Holy Island of Lindisfarne every year. Many come to see the place where Christianity came to the north of England. The Holy Island can serve as a place apart for those seeking peace, rest and spiritual refreshment. And like the pilgrims of old, those who come and stay on
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
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
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
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
Catholic Irob minority has lost its home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
April 22, 2024
A Catholic minority in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is “in danger of disappearing” after three and a half years of brutal and violent occupation by the Eritrean army, according to a recent article in the Italian press. The tragedy of the Irob community is unfolding against the larger tragedy across the Tigray region caused by
Pope reforms Vatican legal system following ‘trial of the century’
April 20, 2024
Pope Francis has issued a new decree which creates a system of civil liability for judges and prosecutors parallels one which has existed in Italy since 1988. Among other things, the new system theoretically could be used by one or more of the nine defendants in the Vatican’s recent “trial of the century,” which pivoted
Finnish MP to stand trial for third time for tweeting Bible verse
April 19, 2024
Former government minister and sitting Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen will stand trial a third time for her Bible-verse tweet, the Supreme Court of Finland has confirmed. The State prosecutor appealed the case despite the Christian grandmother of 11 being acquitted unanimously of “hate speech” charges before both the Helsinki District Court, and the Court of
Twenty-nine Nigerian Christians slaughtered in three-day pogrom
April 19, 2024
Suspected Fulani Islamist militants carried out on a three-day massacre in Pankshin Diocese in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, killing 29 Christians, injuring a further two, and burning down churches and houses. The attacks took place across the villages of Kopnanle, Mandung, Bokkos Town and the Mbar district of Bokkos. Speaking to Aid to the Church in
No justice for Pakistan’s Christians eight months after atrocity, British Parliament told
April 19, 2024
THE UK Parliament has heard from a leading Catholic charity how the victims of the worst atrocity against Christians in Pakistan are still anxiously waiting for justice eight months on. The address from John Pontifex of Aid to the Church in Need UK, the Catholic charity for persecuted Christians, was given at a panel discussion
The arid job landscape facing Generation Z
November 03, 2020
The young people hoping to become adults this year are facing some serious road blocks. Last week, a 30 minute documentary aired on BBC Panorama called Has Covid Stolen My Future? The programme interviewed young people and graduates across the country who can find no work or who have had paid traineeships taken away. Unemployment
Why “Rethink. Reskill. Reboot” has got it wrong
October 18, 2020
A government-backed advertisement campaign encouraging people to consider careers in cyber security has been removed after angry backlash. The advertisement pictured a ballerina alongside the caption: “Fatima’s Next Job Could be in Cyber (she just doesn’t know it yet)”. The campaign, released by government programme CyberFirst, was criticised for undermining the Arts. The advertisement came
The grim reality of student lockdown
September 29, 2020
3,000 students across the country are in forced isolation, threatened with fines and arrest if they try to leave their halls of accommodation- even those who have been tested for Covid and found to be negative. At MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University), 1,700 students have been told to quarantine for a fortnight – their halls patrolled
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