Simon Caldwell, Author at Catholic Herald

Simon Caldwell

Parliamentary inquiry urged to tackle ‘rife’ workplace discrimination against Christians

August 27, 2023

A British parliamentary inquiry is being asked to investigate concerns that Christians are being frequently mistreated in the workplace. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights is being asked by the Catholic Union, the Christian Institute and the Evangelical Alliance to investigate claims that discrimination against Christians and other religious groups in the workplace is

Pope to update environmental teachings in Laudato Si’ to cover extreme weather

August 23, 2023

Pope Francis is writing a second part to Laudato Si’ – his landmark papal encyclical on the environment – to address weather catastrophes such as extreme heat waves, floods and wildfires. The Holy Father revealed that an extended version of the 2015 encyclical on the “the care of our common home” was in the pipeline during off-the-cuff

US court ends abortion ‘pills by post’ scheme

August 17, 2023

An American court has halted the practice of sending out abortion pills by post. A unanimous panel for the U.S Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must restore critical safeguards for chemical abortion drugs and disallow their shipment by mail. The ruling follows an application by

Poor formation in faith has left Church too weak to fight, says San Francisco archbishop

August 14, 2023

Inadequate religious education and formation of U.S. Catholics in their faith has weakened the Church when it is being “explicitly attacked”, a senior American archbishop has said. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said that many of the 72 million Catholics were not practising their faith because they were never properly taught it. He said

FBI spied on traditionalist U.S. Catholics from coast to coast, new evidence reveals

August 11, 2023

The FBI mounted spying operations on traditionalist Catholic churchgoers across the whole of the United States, according to new evidence obtained by politicians. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was in February accused of secretly gathering evidence which might link Catholics in the Richmond area of Virginia to “the far right nationalist movement”. At least one

Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools

August 10, 2023

Senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new Catholic schools. In 2010 the Coalition Government of ex-Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron introduced the cap to ensure that half of all pupils and students attending newly-built faith schools did not belong to that particular faith.

Bishop welcomes release from jail of mother who aborted baby at eight months

July 19, 2023

A Catholic bishop has welcomed the release from jail of a woman who killed her unborn baby in a late term abortion as an act of “mercy and compassion”. Three judges of the Court of Appeal ordered the release of Carla Foster who was sentenced to 14 months’ in jail after lying to obtain abortion

Just how much faith should Rome place in a deal which China routinely flouts?

July 17, 2023

An historic deal was reached between the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China in 2018 that was seen as a breakthrough in a struggle for human rights and religious liberty. It was hoped, certainly by Catholic diplomats, that the agreement would spell the end to an impasse over freedom of worship in the officially

Bishop Alvarez sent back to jail in Nicaragua

July 10, 2023

Nicaraguan authorities have returned a Catholic bishop to jail after he refused to go into exile in Italy. Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was sent back the Jorge Navarro de Tipitapa National Penitentiary System, a notorious prison known as “La Modelo”, after negotiations with government officials broke down. The hard-left dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega

Top Vatican correspondents join Catholic Herald amid collaboration with Crux

July 06, 2023

Two of the world’s most respected Vatican correspondents are to join the Catholic Herald as part of major deal uniting global giants of Catholic journalism. Rome-based John Allen Jr and Elise Ann Allen are to serve the Catholic Herald as Special Vatican Correspondents, writing news and analysis for the monthly magazine as well as providing online content. Their cooperation

Pope’s new orthodoxy chief hits out at critics of his book about kissing

July 05, 2023

The new head of a major Vatican department has defended a controversial book he wrote about kissing when he was a young priest. Argentine Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata was appointed prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope Francis only to meet with criticism over the contents of Heal

Bishop Álvarez released from prison

July 05, 2023

The Nicaraguan regime has released a Catholic bishop jailed earlier this year for 26 years on treason charges connected with his use of social media, according to reports. Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa has been moved from the Jorge Navarro de Tipitapa National Penitentiary System, a notorious prison known as “La Modelo”, and might soon

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