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Using ‘baby loss certificates’ to paper over cracks of a ‘post-truth’ world

February 27, 2024

Last week, the British public were presented with two pieces of news that, in another age, might have jarred more noticeably than they have done in the current climate. The first was the news that baby loss certificates would be given to bereaved parents who lose a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy, giving them “formal acknowledgement

Controversial appointee to Vatican’s Academy for Life responds to her pro-life critics

February 13, 2024

ROME – Both the Italian archbishop who heads the Pontifical Academy for Life and an Ango-Italian economist who serves on it struck back at critics who claim their statements and views are at odds with traditional Catholic doctrine on sexual morality. Mariana Mazzucato, a Rome-born economist who’s served as an advisor to the UN, the

Will we allow cyborg ambition and abortion to defeat Christian protest?

February 13, 2024

Stephen Green, an evangelical Christian with a distinguished record in protest, was arrested at the beginning of February and charged, after holding a placard depicting words that mentioned a womb (taken from Psalm 139) within the statutory buffer zone near an abortion clinic. Reflecting on the precedent of the government of the day silencing religious

The Glaswegian nuns who called the feminists’ bluff on abortion

February 12, 2024

One hundred and sixty. It’s a number etched on Sister Roseann Reddy’s heart. That is the number of babies saved from abortion since the Sisters of the Gospel of Life were formed on 1 January 2000. The Sisters of the Gospel of Life are based on the south side of Glasgow in Scotland. It is

Sinn Fein gains more power: are Christian values in Ireland under threat?

February 06, 2024

As devolved government returns to Northern Ireland for the first time in two years, a Sinn Fein leader takes the position of First Minister of Northern Ireland on the back of becoming the largest party in the Northern Irish Assembly in the 2022 elections. With a Nationalist party now holding the most seats in Northern

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Calls for ‘urgent’ inquiry into amendments to legalise late-term abortion in UK

January 25, 2024

The UK government is being called to launch an urgent inquiry after the medical director of one of the UK’s largest abortion providers reportedly used his position at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) to issue new guidance to pressurise Parliament to support two amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill related to legalising late-term

Police continue to intimidate Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for ‘thinking’ outside abortion centre

January 22, 2024

The police force in Birmingham has again interrogated Isabel Vaughan-Spruce about what goes on inside her head outside an abortion centre. In footage obtained by ADF UK, a faith-based legal advocacy organisation, a police community support officer presses Vaughan-Spruce as to the nature of her silent thoughts while within the vicinity of an abortion centre-related “buffer zone”.