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‘An indelible mark on the soul’
August 26, 2021
As MPs debate a Bill allowing assisted suicide in the UK, new research highlights the emotional toll it takes on medical staff
Bishops urge Catholics to act to stop Meacher Bill
August 25, 2021
The bishops of England and Wales have urged Catholics to write urgently to peers to ask them to speak against the Assisted Dying Bill when it comes before the House of Lords in the autumn. In the first major intervention by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales since the introduction of the Private Member’s
Pope urges Catholics to take the vaccine as an “act of love”
August 20, 2021
Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to receive a vaccine against coronavirus as an “act of love”. In a video message, the Holy Father joined with the bishops from the Americas to urge the faithful not to hesitate about getting a protective jab. “Thanks to God’s grace and to the work of many, we now have
Jesus wont’ forget the Afghans, says bishop
August 20, 2021
Catholics should pray for the people of Afghanistan in the confidence that Jesus Christ will never abandon them, a bishop has said. Bishop Declan Lang, chairman of the Department of International Affairs of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, issued a statement as the Taliban regained control of Kabul, the capital, immediately following the
Pope mourns death of French priest
August 16, 2021
Pope Francis has said he is mourning death of a French priest murdered by an immigrant awaiting trial for an arson attack on Nantes Cathedral. Fr Olivier Maire, 60, head of the Montfort missionaries at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, was providing shelter to Emmanuel Abayisenga when he was allegedly beaten to death. The 40-year-old Rwandan Hutu surrendered to
Contributions to Peter’s Pence plummet
August 16, 2021
Contributions to papal charities are slumping amid reports of financial scandals in the Vatican, according to reports. Speculation is mounting that concerns over corruption at the highest levels of the Catholic Church may be a factor in the falling generosity of the world’s faithful. It comes after the Vatican’s secretariat for the economy posted another
Canadian mum requests euthanasia for disabled four-year-old son
August 16, 2021
A mother of a disabled boy is asking the Canadian government to extend euthanasia to children so a lethal injection might be given to her son. Karie-Lyn Pelletier, from L’Islet, says she wants to be able to end the life of her four-year-old boy, Abel, if his condition further deteriorates. The child suffers from Mednik
Bishop condemns Plymouth massacre
August 13, 2021
The Bishop of Plymouth offered prayers for the “terrible shooting” to death of a three-year-old girl and four others by a rampaging gunman. The Rt Rev. Mark O’Toole called on Catholics throughout his diocese to pray for the five victims of Jake Davison, a 22-year-old bodybuilder who ended a six-minute shooting spree on Thursday by
How a friendship changed a life
December 30, 2020
“He had a way of exuding holiness but without being sanctimonious. It was just better in his company." - Fran Godfrey to Simon Caldwell, on Mgr Freddy Miles
First-person: Catholic artist Daniel Mitsui
December 27, 2020
"[O]ne of the things I enjoy most in what I do is learning and analysing older traditions and expressing them again." - Daniel Mitsui, artist
Law and our Christian heritage: an interview with a Catholic barrister
November 25, 2020
‘A lot of people nowadays want to come to a decision – not only on criminal matters – without giving people the benefit of the doubt’
‘This is their witness to the world’: an interview with a Catholic community worker
October 16, 2020
Pope Francis has spoken about finding God “in the messiness of life”. It’s a phrase that resonates with Gerry Flanagan. In the early 1980s, Flanagan was a young man looking for ways to live out his faith. But he was turned off by many movements within the Church: they came across, he recalls, as “talking
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