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February 24, 2024

MPs to vote on lowering upper time limit for abortions

February 24, 2024

MPs will be given the opportunity to vote on lowering the abortion time limit in an historic vote that is expected to take place next month. A cross-party group of 25 MPs has tabled a landmark amendment to the Government’s flagship Criminal Justice Bill ahead of Report Stage which would lower the abortion time limit

Sickness forces Pope to cancel Saturday schedule

February 24, 2024

ROME – On Saturday morning the Vatican announced that Pope Francis, who suffers from various health maladies and had two hospital stays last year, cancelled his scheduled audiences for the day due to a mild flu. In a Feb. 24 statement, the Vatican said that “due to mild flu-like state, as a preventative measure the

Don’t forget to help desperate Ukraine clergy, says bishop

February 24, 2024

Desperate Ukrainian families torn apart by the war look to the Church for support – but the clergy are also under huge pressure and need urgent help – according to a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Speaking on the eve of the second anniversary of the conflict, Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, Head of

The beauty and power of music can bring us into the presence of the Divine

February 24, 2024

A book on sexual passion, which was authored by Cardinal Fernández of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, has recently been rediscovered. It claims, without subtlety or embarrassment, that sexual climax ushers one directly into the presence of God. Unsurprisingly it has caught the attention of the Catholic world, raising objections and questions.