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Simon Caldwell

September 08, 2022
Abortion remains morally objectionable to many people, and not just Catholics. Science has revealed that life begins at conception and logic therefore dictates that abortion is not the taking of a “potential life” but of a real life. It is a fact which won’t go away. Christians in particular are often uncomfortable about abortion because
September 04, 2022
The visit of the relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes offers a moment of grace and new evangelisation in England, Scotland and Wales, the Bishop of Shrewsbury has said. The Rt Rev. Mark Davies said he hoped the visit of the relics of the 19th century French visionary would invites pilgrims to answer the “universal
September 02, 2022
The one and only English pope was Nicholas Breakspear. A failed vocation from St Albans, he later made a name for himself as the hard-boiled Abbot of St Rufus in Avignon, France, and then as the Bishop of Albano, a diocese near Rome, before he embarked on an extremely successful diplomatic career as a papal
August 29, 2022
Hollywood movie star Shia LaBeouf has become a Catholic after playing the role of St Pio of Pietrelcina in a forthcoming film. The Transformers and Fury actor also revealed his devotion to the Traditional Latin Mass in an 80-minute interview with Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester and Word on Fire ministries. LaBeouf describes receiving Holy
August 25, 2022
Pope Francis has moved decisively to clean up corruption in Vatican finances and to avoid a repeat of the high-profile botched investment in a London property that resulted in a loss of 140 million euros. The Holy Father issued a document called a “rescriptum”, which explicitly ordered all investments made by Vatican departments to proceed
August 23, 2022
St Joan of Arc, the “Maid of Orleans”, is one of history’s greatest heroines. A mystic who led an army into battle at the age of 17 after receiving heavenly messages from Ss Michael, Margaret and Catherine, her intervention in the Hundred Years’ War came at a moment which proved pivotal in the liberation of
August 21, 2022
Human rights defender Bianca Jagger has called upon the Catholic leaders and politicians around the world to speak out forcefully against the persecution of the Church in her native Nicaragua. Speaking to the Catholic Herald, Miss Jagger, the founder and president of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, and a Catholic, urged the Church to
August 17, 2022
A famous London theatre is facing criticism over a forthcoming production about St Joan of Arc which presents the Catholic heroine as a as a non-binary “queer” who refers to herself using “they/them” pronouns. The Shakespeare’s Globe will stage “I, Joan” from August 25, promising to tell St Joan of Arc’s “story anew”. It envisages
August 12, 2022
Simon Caldwell on ‘Hot Holy Ladies’, an exhibition exploring the stories of English Catholic women who defied persecution
August 12, 2022
Years of media intrusion that followed the stabbing meant that Baroness Hollins would emerge as a leading campaigner for tighter regulation of the British press and for higher media standards
August 07, 2022
An internationally-respected Catholic bioethics centre has called for urgent reforms of UK law after doctors ended the life of a brain-damaged 12-year-old boy against the wishes of his parents. Archie Battersbee, 12, died in the Royal London Hospital at 12.15pm on Saturday following the removal of artificial ventilation and other treatment at 10am the same
July 21, 2022
A grandmother has successfully challenged a penalty given to her while out walking and silently praying near an abortion facility. A police officer approached Rosa Lalor, 76, of Liverpool, during the lockdown in February 2021 and questioned her about why she was outdoors. She answered that she was “walking and praying”. The officer responded that
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