Simon Caldwell, Author at Catholic Herald

Simon Caldwell

Pronoun showdown: A judge upholds a Christian doctor’s dismissal

October 10, 2019

A judge has declared the belief that God created everyone as either male and female, and that this cannot be changed, as “incompatible with human dignity and [in] conflict with the fundamental rights of others.” According to the Christian Legal Centre, the ruling of the employment tribunal judge places the belief – cited by Jesus

Does Tafida’s victory offer hope for other parents?

October 10, 2019

Any day now, Tafida Raqeeb will be airlifted out of Britain for treatment at a specialist children’s hospital in Italy. Her parents, Shelina Begum and Mohammed Raqeeb, are free to take her to the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa following a ruling in the High Court last week. In granting permission for Tafida to leave the

Is Britain about to legalise the selling of babies?

October 03, 2019

Culturally, it seems a lifetime ago when the Catholic Church in Britain withdrew from its work in adoption and foster care after finding itself unable to conform to legal demands to assess same-sex couples as potential adopters and foster parents. The bishops argued that the available evidence showed children flourished best in two-parent families established

Northern Ireland Christian leaders: People weren’t consulted on abortion

October 01, 2019

Church leaders in Northern Ireland have encouraged political parties to quickly re-establish their self-governing institutions to stop the British government imposing a radically permissive abortion law on the province. Leaders of the Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and other churches said that they also were organising a weekend of prayer on October 12-13 amid an effort

‘God wanted this’: the cult of John Bradburne goes from strength to strength

September 26, 2019

The huge and growing devotion to John Bradburne is an indicator that the murdered Franciscan missionary could well become Zimbabwe’s first saint. That, at least, is the view of the postulator of his Cause for canonisation, Enrico Solinas. In a message read out at a reception following a Mass in London to commemorate the 40th

The Polish exodus from the UK could contribute to Catholic decline

September 26, 2019

Many of the Poles who moved to Britain over the last 15 years are considering a return to their home country, according to recent reports. When Poland joined the European Union in 2004, Britain offered great opportunities to the young people of a country afflicted by an unemployment rate of about 20 per cent. Even Poles

Bishops clash with government over arms fair

September 12, 2019

The largest arms fair in Europe opened in London this week amid criticism from the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton, chairman of the bishops’ conference department for international affairs, denounced invitations from the Government to eight authoritarian regimes to attend the past week’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)

St Thérèse’s relics are drawing thousands across Scotland

September 12, 2019

Tens of thousands of people have turned out to pray before the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux in a predictably enthusiastic response to their visit to Scotland. The relics of the Little Flower are visiting every diocese in the country. The first stop drew more than 20,000 pilgrims to the churches of the Diocese

Asia Bibi: People must help Pakistanis falsely accused of blasphemy

September 03, 2019

The “whole world” should put pressure on Pakistan to either scrap or reform its controversial blasphemy laws, said Asia Bibi, the Catholic mother freed after eight years on death row. In her first newspaper interview since her release in May, Bibi said she believed innocent people were in jail in Pakistan after being falsely accused

‘C’est stupide!’: The gruelling cycle race through France’s battlefields

August 29, 2019

Riding in the Zone Rouge by Tom Isitt Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 302pp, £20/$24.50 Within six months of the end of the First World War, a French newspaper organised a bicycle race through the battlefields of the Western Front, traversing such sites as Ypres, the Somme and Verdun. The 87 riders who started the Circuit des

The Communal First Saturdays devotion is spreading

August 29, 2019

A new movement dedicated to fulfilling a request made by the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima has arrived in Britain. The Communal First Saturdays Apostolate has taken root in 19 parishes in England, three in Scotland and three in Wales, a decade after it was founded in a St Anthony of Padua Church in Woodlands, Texas. It

The battle over censorship zones is heading to the Supreme Court

August 29, 2019

A Romanian former nanny is preparing to challenge the first abortion clinic “censorship zone” in Britain at the Supreme Court. Alina Dulgheriu was being pressured into an abortion she did not want until she was helped by pavement counsellors outside a Marie Stopes clinic in London. She is now the mother of a healthy girl

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