Simon Caldwell, Author at Catholic Herald

Simon Caldwell

Bishops urge faithful back to Mass – but won’t restore obligation in time for Christmas Day

November 22, 2021

The obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days will not be restored in time for Christmas because of the continuing threat from COVID-19. The bishops of England and Wales wanted to bring back the obligation by the First Sunday of Advent but have conceded that the pandemic meant it was still too dangerous

‘Lourdes is coming to us’ – Relics of St Bernadette to tour British dioceses next year, bishops announce

November 19, 2021

The relics of St Bernadette are to tour the churches of Britain next year, the bishops have announced. A section of bone from her thigh is to be taken to the major cathedrals and churches of the dioceses of England, Scotland and Wales in autumn 2022. It will give British Catholics the chance to make

‘Cop26 has to be be a turning point’

November 19, 2021

Catholics march on ‘Day of Action’ in support of new climate change policies

Churches ‘naive’ to support dubious asylum claims, says priest after Liverpool bomb attack

November 18, 2021

Churches are naïve if they support the asylum claims of Muslim migrants who seek to avoid deportation by converting to Christianity, a high-profile former Anglican bishop has said following a failed bomb attack in Liverpool. Fr Michael Nazir-Ali said reports that people-traffickers were advising migrants to strengthen their claims by becoming Christians were “well-founded”. Although

Three million ‘test tube’ embryos destroyed in UK since 1991, government figures reveal

November 16, 2021

More than three million human embryos have been created and destroyed by scientists in the UK the last 30 years, government figures have revealed. The Department of Health has disclosed that between August 1991 and December 2019 a total of 3,106,319 embryos were artificially produced then discarded. The majority are surplus to in vitro fertilisation

Sydney archbishop tells Catholics to fight for ‘lives of the vulnerable’ threatened by euthanasia Bill

November 11, 2021

One of Australia’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on the Church to strongly oppose the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide in New South Wales. Dominican Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney told Catholics to make their voices heard because “the lives of the vulnerable depend on it”. New South Wales is one of two

Police review emergency access for priests following outcry over denial of last rites to Sir David Amess

November 10, 2021

Police and the Catholic Church are to form a joint group to examine the role of priests in emergency situations following the denial of last rites to murdered Catholic MP Sir David Amess. Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick have agreed to work together to establish the group to study the

Military steps up attacks against Christians in hill regions of Myanmar

November 09, 2021

Government violence against the Christian minority in Myanmar is intensifying, according to human right activists. The prediction of Open Doors comes after Myanmar’s army shelled a town in the Christian-majority Chin State burning more than 160 homes and two churches to the ground in the town of Thantlang. In their advances the Tatmadaw, the military,

Vatican loses £100 million in botched London property deal at centre of corruption case

November 08, 2021

The Vatican is expected to suffer a loss of £100 million from its botched property investment in London. A deal to sell off its share of 60 Sloane Avenue, a building in Knightsbridge, to Bain Capital, a private equity group, is in its concluding stages, according to media reports. Vatican City invested 350 million euros

Gunmen kidnap more than a hundred Christians in raid on Nigerian church

November 05, 2021

Gunmen have stormed a church in Nigeria, shooting dead one of the worshippers and kidnapping more than a hundred others. The raid in Kaduna State in the centre of the country also left two Christians critically ill in hospital, according to initial reports. The attackers swept into the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Kakau Daji when

Catholic Uyghur row librarian thrown from town hall for telling councillors:’You’ve all got blood on your hands’

November 03, 2021

A Catholic woman was thrown out of a council meeting after she accused local politicians of having blood on their hands over a multi-million pound development deal with a Chinese-owned company. Maureen O’Bern was escorted from the public gallery of Wigan Town Hall after she interjected in a planning committee debate to complain about the

Climate change damage is as bad as a third world war, Pope tells COP26

November 03, 2021

The damage wrought by ecological degradation and climate change are as bad as those inflicted by a global war, the Pope has told world leaders at COP26. In a three-minute address to the Glasgow summit, the Holy Father said the effort to remedy the damage must be equal to that of rebuilding Europe and other

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