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US presidential contender does U-turn on abortion up to birth
May 14, 2024
A prominent US presidential contender has performed a sudden U-turn on his support for abortion up to birth. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an independent candidate who says he is a Catholic, has backtracked over his endorsement of abortions up to birth in the face of widespread criticism. A nephew of Democrat President John F. Kennedy
New film contemplates 12 masterpieces depicting ‘mystery of Christ’ at National Gallery
May 14, 2024
The forthcoming film Christ Contemplated explores 12 masterpiece paintings depicting Christ at the National Gallery in the heart of the UK capital. Presented by Fr Marcus Holden and the art historian Teresa Lane, in the film the duo investigate how the greatest artists have depicted the Lord Jesus Christ. Together, they interrogate what the great
Don’t despair of four tumultuous years: the ‘Permacrisis’ offers an unparalleled opportunity to bring meaning to our lives
May 14, 2024
Where are we, four years on? None of the promises that were repeated so loudly during 2020 and 2021 have come to fruition: neither the New Normal – a new age of safety and perfect management of the hazards that beset humans – nor the longed-for “back to normal”. The Covid Era has been followed,
Mexican court sides with diocese in transgender row over baptismal certificates
May 14, 2024
A court in Mexico has thrown out an attempt by a transgender activist to force the Catholic Church to doctor baptismal records to reflect a change of sex. The Twenty-second Federal Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutional rights of the Diocese of Querétaro to refuse to alter church records according to a transgender individual’s
Pilgrimage emphasised by Vatican as opportunity for indulgences during Jubilee 2025
May 14, 2024
ROME – The Vatican has issued guidance on how to obtain the traditional plenary indulgence during the upcoming Jubilee of Hope, placing a special emphasis on individual and group pilgrimages to holy sites. The Jubilee of Hope is set to start on 24 Dec. 2023 and will formally close on 6 Jan., the Feast of
UK Parliament abortion vote on 15 May: ‘A time to raise our voices and not lose heart’
May 13, 2024
Bishops rarely comment on Bills in Parliament. Lay Christians, informed by their faith, freely and sincerely adopt different political views and propose different solutions to the practical problems and great challenges of our time. Yet, when the bishops voice “deep alarm” about a legislative measure in Parliament it is a moment when the faithful, and
East Anglia diocese applauds UK Government lifting cap on Catholic schools
May 13, 2024
A decision to lift the faith-based admissions cap on new free schools in England has been welcomed by the Diocese of East Anglia. The diocese says the decision paves the way for Catholic free schools to open, having previously been excluded under the 50 per cent cap or “rule” which could have forced schools to
An unexpected trip to Auschwitz to confront the reality of evil
May 13, 2024
I’m not really sure why I wanted to go to Auschwitz, the Nazi extermination camp in Poland – it was not the most obvious place to go for an Easter break! But it was something more than just morbid curiosity. I wanted to try to understand the reality of the mechanistic killing of over a
Israel protests talk of Gaza ‘genocide’ by Nobel Prize winner during Vatican event
May 13, 2024
ROME – In the latest episode of tension between Israel and the Vatican over the conflict in Gaza, Israel’s Embassy to the Holy See issued a protest on 11 May after a Yemeni Nobel Prize winner accused Israel of “genocide” while attending a papal event the night before. Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist who became
Dead or alive – or both? The fate of Schrödinger’s Cat has challenged the premises of quantum physics
May 13, 2024
Police were recently called to disperse some animal rights protesters from the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge after they got wind of news that a group of physicists were attempting to replicate the results of the Schrodinger’s Cat experiment. OK, well, this didn’t actually happen, but it’s the sort of story that could conceivably be reported
Vatican Museums in dispute with workers and local residents over ‘troublesome’ visitors and noisy pilgrims
May 13, 2024
ROME – Nearly 50 employees of the Vatican Museums have initiated a labour dispute with the Holy See over what they allege are poor, unfair and unsafe working conditions, and which could result in the first-ever class action lawsuit brought against Pope Francis’s administration. At the same time, some local residents are fuming and say
Reading ‘On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain’ can leave you yearning for a bit more religious commitment
May 12, 2024
On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain by Oliver Smith Bloomsbury Continuum, £20, 256 pages A book about pilgrimage should make me a pushover as a reader. I love reading about pilgrimage, especially when imprisoned in the Catholic Herald basement office, forced to realise my pilgrimage dreams vicariously through books such On This
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