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January 29, 2024

Catholic hospital’s refusal to implant contraceptive device generates conscientious objection debate in Brazil

January 29, 2024

SÃO PAULO – A refusal by a Catholic hospital in Brazil to implant a contraceptive intrauterine device in a 41-year-old woman has sparked a wide debate in the world’s largest Catholic country, both inside and outside the confines of the Church. The controversy erupted when a São Paulo-based content provider named Leonor Macedo took to

Religion, knowledge and liberty seen through the Michaela School prayer row

January 29, 2024

I almost certainly would have been expelled from the Michaela Community School within a week. Like most of my so-called “boomer” generation, attending school I had my suspicions about “the beaks” – as teachers were called in the Beano comic – I excelled at “projects” and flunked tests, chattered incessantly on the back seats and

Concerns for Turkey’s Christian minority after Sunday attack claimed by ISIS

January 29, 2024

ROME – In the wake of a shooting at a Catholic church in an Istanbul neighbourhood that left one person dead, fear is once again on the rise among Turkey’s embattled Christian minority. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. The violence on Sunday, 27 January, occurred at the Church of St. Mary in the

Women continue to be reduced to their economic output by Conservative government

January 29, 2024

As the UK General Election draws ever nearer, we can expect to see some desperate attempts from the Conservative Party to paint the last 14 years as a success story for Tory policy. But one effort last week from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions set the bar pretty high for delusional framing.