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Scottish Catholics called back to Mass as bishops announce reintroduction of Sunday obligation

February 03, 2022
Simon Caldwell

The obligation for Catholics to attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days is to be re-introduced in Scotland from the beginning of Lent. The announcement from the Catholic bishops came just a week after the government of Nicola Sturgeon relaxed a wave of new restrictions brought in to slow down the spread of the Omicron

Coronavirus restrictions scrapped in churches after nearly two years

January 27, 2022
Simon Caldwell

Restrictions brought in halt the spread of Covid-19 have been scrapped in churches throughout England and Wales after nearly two years. The wearing of masks inside churches is optional rather than compulsory and there will be no social distancing. The use of shared hymn books has resumed, the sign of peace reintroduced and holy water

‘I’ve never been so sad in my life’: Bishops cancel scores of confirmations amid Vatican crackdown on Old Rite

January 26, 2022
Simon Caldwell

The English bishops have cancelled scores of Old Rite confirmations following the latest wave of restrictions from Rome against traditional Latin liturgies. Preparations for about 20 confirmations in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite were scheduled to take place at the Birmingham Oratory in February and more than 40 were expected to be conferred

Downside monks to leave historic abbey after two centuries in ‘stepping stone’ move to Buckfast

January 17, 2022
Simon Caldwell

Benedictine monks are to move out of historic Downside Abbey as they search for a new home for the community. The last eight monks will lodge at Buckfast Abbey in Devon (pictured) while they attempt to reach a permanent decision about their future. Downside School, an independent Catholic school adjacent to the abbey in Somerset,

‘Charlie’s Law’ bid to let parents seek care overseas for gravely ill children

January 10, 2022
Simon Caldwell

Parents of gravely ill children could be given a new right to seek treatment in foreign countries under a “Charlie’s Law” amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill. Proposals tabled in the House of Lords seek to make it easier for parents to be part of the life-or-death decisions taken by doctors treating their

Catholic parish asks faithful not to attend Mass unless they have Covid vaccine

January 07, 2022
Luke Coppen CNA

A parish in Nottingham has asked Catholics not to attend Mass if they are “not vaccinated and/or won’t wear a mask.” The Parish of the Holy Family in the east of the city issued the request most recently in a newsletter on Boxing Day. Under the heading “Keeping safe,” the parish asked Massgoers to use

Tribunal sides with Catholic nurse harassed by NHS bosses for wearing cross at work

January 06, 2022
Simon Caldwell

An Employment Tribunal has ruled that an NHS Trust harassed a Catholic nurse and directly discriminated against her for wearing a cross necklace at work. The tribunal found that Nigeria-born Mary Onuoha, 61, a theatre practitioner, was victimised by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust after she formally complained of discrimination she suffered for wearing the

Queen honours English cardinal for work in inter-faith dialogue

January 04, 2022
Luke Coppen CNA

A cardinal has spoken of his gratitude at being honoured by Queen Elizabeth II in the British monarch’s annual New Year’s list. Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, a former president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, was made an OBE — or Officer of the Order of the British Empire — by the Queen on

No more Covid ‘impositions’ on churches, Cardinal tells PM amid surge in omicron infections

December 27, 2021
Simon Caldwell

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has urged Boris Johnson not to impose further anti-Covid restrictions on churches in England and Wales. The Archbishop of Westminster insisted that churches were already stringent in taking precautions against the spread of the virus, saying they were “not places where we spread the virus”. The plea from Cardinal Nichols, president of

Assisted suicide will put elderly and vulnerable in grave danger, Scottish bishops warn MSPs

December 22, 2021
Simon Caldwell

Elderly, lonely and vulnerable people would be placed at huge risk if the Scottish Parliament backed a proposed assisted suicide Bill, the country’s bishops have said. In a submission to the consultation on assisted suicide proposed by Liam McArthur, a Lib Dem MSP, the Scottish Catholic bishops have opposed the concept as an attack on

Attacks on Christians in Europe soar by 70 per cent in a year amid rise in secularist and Islamist ideologies

December 10, 2021
Simon Caldwell

Attacks on Christians and church property in Europe has soared by 70 per cent in just one year, a new report has said. Physical violence, arson, vandalism and harassment, along with increasing discrimination by public authorities rocketed in 2019-2020. The worst five countries effected were the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden, according to

Campaign begins to recognise Brother Michael Strode, monk who founded the HCPT, as a ‘modern-day saint’

November 29, 2021
Simon Caldwell

A campaign is to be launched to canonise a monk who dedicated his life to taking disabled people to Lourdes. A Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Victories Church in Kensington, London, will mark the formal establishment of a committee to promote the cause for sainthood of Brother Michael Strode, the founder the Hosanna House

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