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Bishops lament ‘tragic loss of life’ as abortions increase
September 15, 2020
Catholic bishops said they were disappointed by figures showing abortions in England and Wales were at their highest recorded level
‘Catholics will get slings and arrows’: An interview with teacher Michael Merrick
August 27, 2020
This summer is a unique one for teachers: they are preparing their classrooms for the first full intake of pupils since schools were emptied following the lockdown in March. Among them is Michael Merrick, the executive head teacher of two Catholic primary schools in Cumbria. “We want to get the kids back into school,” he
Church charities in UK seek extra government funds as recession hits
August 13, 2020
The Catholic Church has asked the UK government to give extra cash to religious charities to prevent them from going bust as the country crashed officially into recession
Vatican foreign minister: Religious freedom must be protected
July 23, 2020
The Catholic Church has failed to defend Christians effectively, partly because it historically accepted persecution as part of its "community story," a Vatican official has said
‘I’m funnier since I converted’: an interview with comedian Jeremy McLellan
June 26, 2020
For Jeremy McLellan, a rising stand-up star, comedy is a Christian vocation. ‘I think I am funnier since I converted,’ he tells Simon Caldwell
English bishops express solidarity with US protests against racism
June 04, 2020
Two English bishops say they "stand in solidarity" with anti-racism protests in the United States, declaring that "racism is an evil which must be opposed."
‘It helped me to draw clear ethical lines’: Interview with a Catholic doctor
May 15, 2020
Professor Patrick Pullicino has been a doctor almost all of his adult life. He formally retired from the NHS five years ago when he turned 65, but continued to see patients for nearly four more years. A widower for a decade or so, he finally stepped aside from medicine to seek ordination as a priest
Catholic bioethicist: COVID-19 vaccine could be a question of conscience
April 29, 2020
There is "no absolute duty" to boycott any vaccine produced with the help of cells from aborted babies, a Catholic researcher has said
Elderly left to die in nursing homes while hospital beds are empty, says doctor-priest
April 29, 2020
Elderly people are being left to die in Britain's nursing homes instead of being offered care in hospitals, said a priest and former surgeon
The Last Rites continue. Other sacraments? It’s complicated
April 09, 2020
A minority of people who contract the coronavirus will become so ill they will be admitted to intensive care for intubation on a ventilator. They may be placed in induced comas, and their chances are not especially good. Those who are Catholics have the right to ask for a priest to administer the Sacrament of
Doctors’ new ‘Frailty Scale’ is alarming disability campaigners
April 09, 2020
It is generally acknowledged that the NHS could have been better prepared for the coronavirus pandemic. It entered the crisis with just 8,000 ventilators and so few testing kits that it remains unable to determine even how many of its staff have the virus. Medical professionals still complain of a shortage of masks and other
How the philosophy of ‘I’ took over
April 09, 2020
Morality By Jonathan Sacks Hodder and Stoughton, 384pp, £20/$30 An intellectual backlash is taking place against the rise of new and destructive ideologies that have emerged amid the post-Christian vacuum of Western civilisation in recent decades. Alarming trends have inspired an entire new genre of political books, many with cautionary titles such as The Madness
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