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February 01, 2024
Mystery as ordination of new Plymouth bishop is cancelled without explanation
February 01, 2024
In an unprecedented move, the bishops of England and Wales have cancelled the ordination of the Bishop-elect of Plymouth just weeks before his installation Mass. Canon Christopher Whitehead, a priest of the Diocese of Clifton, has also been suspended from active ministry while “a canonical process is under way”. The bishops’ conference refused to give
The value of our Catholic schools in the face of efforts of by the Government to water them down
February 01, 2024
This new year marked a new path in my professional life. I took a position as Assistant Head of a school which, for the first time in my career, was not a Catholic one. It is a temporary placement; I want to remain on the right side of the Tiber. However, my hiatus has given
St Vincent’s School for the visually impaired: Seeing things differently
February 01, 2024
John Patterson introduces the important work of St Vincent’s School for the visually impaired in Liverpool. The Holy Father calls on us to reach the marginalised. Few are as marginalised as visually impaired (VI) and blind young people. What if we were to work together as a Church from wherever we are, lighting up pathways
The Marist School: Feet on the ground and eyes on the stars
February 01, 2024
Katherine Bennett speaks to the team now running the Marist School near Ascot in the UK. I recently visited the Marist School, near Ascot in the UK. Established in its present form by the Marist Sisters in 1947, it is now also the flagship establishment for the new schools network “Concept Education” (CE). I sat
Poland grapples with changes to abortion law as Catholic Church hits back 
February 01, 2024
Poland’s Catholic Church has spoken out against proposals by Poland’s new ruling coalition to liberalise the country’s abortion law and restore prescription-free access to the morning-after contraceptive pill. Civic Coalition (KO), the largest group in Poland’s ruling coalition, has submitted a bill to parliament to introduce abortion on demand up to the 12th week of pregnancy.
Hong Kong’s Catholics face ‘collapse of religious freedom’ 
February 01, 2024
Religious freedom is being lost in Hong Kong due to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party, according to a new report from the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation. Released 30 January 2024, the Hostile Takeover: The CCP and Hong Kong’s Religious Communities report highlights “the systematic breaking of promises” made under the so-called
Elisabeth Frink: Doing away with the bambino
February 01, 2024
A recent journey down a particularly long online rabbit hole – the kind of digression at which the internet still sometime excels – led me to a documentary interview, recorded in 1981, between the then UK Conservative Arts Minister Norman St John-Stevas and the sculptor (soon to be Dame) Elisabeth Frink. The full discussion, all
Ireland’s vocations crisis reflects lack of ‘initiative’ and ‘evasion of issue’ by Church  
February 01, 2024
The Irish Catholic Church was seen for generations as the jewel in the crown of the English-speaking clerical world. Scores of parishes in Great Britain owed their development to Irish priests. The same applied in the United States, Australia and in many mission lands throughout Africa and elsewhere. Ireland boasted many seminaries, with the main
Religious from 60 countries converge on Vatican to prep for 2025 Jubilee of Hope 
February 01, 2024
ROME – Religious representatives are converging on the Vatican this week to prepare for the upcoming 2025 Jubilee of Hope celebrations, which are expected to draw around 35 million pilgrims over the course of the year. From 1 – 4 February, more than 300 representatives of various consecrated communities from over 60 countries will be
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