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GMC drops restrictions against Catholic doctor who helped women to ‘reverse abortions’
March 07, 2022
The General Medical Council has dramatically lifted restrictions on a Catholic doctor banned from helping women “reverse abortions” after they changed their minds during the procedure. Caseworkers for the GMC dismissed every allegation against Dr Dermot Kearney, a past president of the Catholic Medical Association, and concluded that there is no case to answer. They
Prince Charles visits Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral to pledge solidarity with victims of Russian invasion
March 03, 2022
The Prince of Wales has visited the spiritual leader of Ukrainian Catholics in the UK to show his solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Joined by wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles paid tribute to the “extraordinary bravery, generosity and fortitude of the Ukrainian community” in the face of the invasion of the
Pope ends impasse over Order of Malta
March 01, 2022
Reforms threatened the Order’s sovereign status
Pope pleads for Church to dedicate Ash Wednesday as day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine
February 28, 2022
Pope Francis has renewed his appeal for the entire Catholic Church to dedicate Ash Wednesday as a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine. In his Sunday Angelus, the Pontiff called upon the war parties to turn away from the “diabolical and perverse logic of weapons”. “Many times we have prayed that this
Violent suicides soar in countries where doctor-assisted dying is legalised, reveals study
February 21, 2022
Legal euthanasia and assisted suicide have no impact on the reduction of violent suicides and might in fact increase their prevalence, a new study has shown. The 35-page analysis in The Journal of Ethics in Mental Health showed that there has been no reduction in violent, or non-assisted suicides, in any European country where physician-assisted
Priest resigns after invalidly baptising thousands of people
February 17, 2022
A priest in America has resigned from his parish after invalidly baptising thousands of people. Fr Andres Arango has stepped down from his post as parish priest of St Gregory Church in Phoenix, Arizona, after he disclosed that he had used the incorrect formula for baptisms between 1995 and 2021. He now wants to commit
Blair’s Catholic ‘Mr Fixit’ gets jail for failing to pay £1million divorce settlement to aristocrat ex-wife
February 07, 2022
A High Court judge has sentenced a Catholic former millionaire to a year in jail after he failed to pay a divorce settlement to his aristocratic Austrian ex-wife. Anthony Bailey, 52, a former high-flying public relations consultant, was taken to court by Princess Marie-Therese Elizabeth Hohenberg Bailey, the great-granddaughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination
Pope appoints new Archbishop of Glasgow
February 07, 2022
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop William Nolan as the new Archbishop of Glasgow. Bishop Nolan will succeed Archbishop Philip Tartaglia who died two days after his 70th birthday in January last year after contracting Covid-19. Bishop Nolan, who has served as Bishop of Galloway since 2015, said he “overwhelmed” by the trust the Pope had
Former Anglican Bishop of Chester joins the Catholic Church
February 05, 2022
The former Anglican Bishop of Chester has become a Catholic during a private ceremony in Scotland. Dr Peter Forster, 71, who retired in 2019, is the fourth Anglican bishop to be received into the Catholic faith in a year, and the fifth in the last two years. He also the second bishop from the Evangelical
Cardinal Hollerich: Church teaching on gay sex is ‘false’ and can be changed
February 03, 2022
Catholic teaching on the morality of homosexual sexual acts is “false” and could be changed, a senior cardinal has said. The traditional beliefs on the Church rested on an unsound “sociological-scientific foundation” which left them open to correction, according to Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg. The cardinal, whom Pope Francis has appointed Relator General
Scottish Catholics called back to Mass as bishops announce reintroduction of Sunday obligation
February 03, 2022
The obligation for Catholics to attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days is to be re-introduced in Scotland from the beginning of Lent. The announcement from the Catholic bishops came just a week after the government of Nicola Sturgeon relaxed a wave of new restrictions brought in to slow down the spread of the Omicron
Terrorists murder Pakistani pastor in drive-by shooting
February 01, 2022
Terrorists in Pakistan have murdered a Christian pastor who dedicated his life to helping persecuted the persecuted Church in his country. Gunmen on motorbikes shot William Silraj in the head and chest as he was driving away from Sunday service at a church outside Peshawar city centre. According to Aid to the Church in Need,
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