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Report: Chinese nuns forced out of convent after government harassment
November 05, 2020
Eight nuns have reportedly been forced to leave their convent in northern China due to government pressure. The whereabouts of the nuns has not yet been reported, but one of them told Bitter Winter that officials declared them “dangerous persons” and “repeatedly harassed” them. “They asked us to write down what we had done since
Bishops call on churches to stay open during lockdown
November 05, 2020
Churches should make a “generous provision” to stay open during the new lockdown, the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has said. In guidance published as the new month-long lockdown came into force, the bishops encouraged priests to “maintain a presence” in their open churches and make themselves available to talk with those attending for
Cardinal urges Catholics to follow new lockdown rules
November 05, 2020
Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Malcolm McMahon have urged Catholics to obey the government’s new guidelines forbidding public worship as England enters its second lockdown. In a statement issued after MPs approved the new lockdown on Wednesday evening, the President and Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales said that despite “profound misgivings”,
MPs to vote on proposed month-long lockdown
November 04, 2020
MPs will today vote on the government’s new measures that will enforce a 27 day lockdown across England.
UK terrorism threat level raised to “severe”
November 04, 2020
The terrorism threat level in Britain has been raised to “severe” following the attacks in Nice and Vienna.
US elections: White House in doubt, key Senate races undecided
November 04, 2020
The issue remains very much in doubt, with key states still counting ballots
Austria’s bishops pray for victims of Vienna terror attack
November 03, 2020
Austria’s bishops are praying for the victims of Monday night’s terror attack in Vienna
Italian bishops’ conference president in intensive care with coronavirus
November 03, 2020
The President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference has been admitted to intensive care with coronavirus. Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, was transferred to the intensive care unit at the “Santa Maria della Misericordia” hospital in Perugia overnight, ACI Stampa reports. The 78-year-old cardinal is reportedly “alert and collaborating” with doctors. The Permanent
Cardinal Nichols: no evidence to support banning services
November 03, 2020
Faith leaders across the United Kingdom have united to challenge the government’s decision to ban services of worship from Thursday, when tougher lockdown measures will be implemented across the country. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster and the most senior Catholic in the UK said that the ban is “a source of deep anguish”. “Whilst
Pro-abortion group cannot call itself ‘Catholic’, court rules
November 03, 2020
A court in Brazil has forbidden a pro-abortion group from using the word “Catholic” in its name because its aims are “incompatible” with Catholic values. Judge José Carlos Ferreira Alves of the São Paulo State court ruled that Catholics for the Right to Decide (CDD) must change their name because “[b]y advocating the right to
Church leaders sign open letter opposing public Mass ban
November 03, 2020
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has joined Anglican, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu leaders in an open letter opposing a ban on public worship
Bishop Davies criticises government over public Mass ban
November 02, 2020
The Bishop of Shrewsbury has strongly criticised the government’s plan to ban public acts of worship and called on ministers to rethink the idea
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