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Texas bishops ‘celebrate’ court ruling blocking US government’s requirement for abortions if ‘stabilising treatment necessary’

January 04, 2024

NEW YORK – After a federal appeals court ruled 2 January that emergency room doctors in Texas are not required to perform abortions, effectively blocking regulatory guidance previously issued by the federal government, the state’s Catholic bishops said they welcome the ruling. “We celebrate the decision by the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,” the

The battle for Ireland’s Catholic soul will not slacken in 2024

January 02, 2024

Literary critic Harold Bloom said that all poets must confront their precursors in a type of “Oedipal struggle in order to create an imaginative space for themselves”. He felt that those who came late to the scene of cultural upheaval go through a process of “misreading” their predecessors. It appears as if progressive Ireland

UK politicians table ‘extreme’ abortion amendments to Government bill

December 20, 2023

In the past few weeks Labour Members of Parliament have tabled amendments to the Conservative Government’s Criminal Justice Bill that would decriminalise abortion – that is, remove it from the criminal law. They are using a method that has worked very effectively in recent years: hijacking a government bill to make extreme changes to abortion law.

New Zealand bishops urge more young family support to stem abortion tide

December 19, 2023

Catholic bishops in New Zealand are urging the nation’s government to ease the stress on young families, saying financial strains have increased abortions in the country. Abortion became easier to obtain after the Abortion Legislation Act was made law in 2020. The number of abortions in New Zealand peaked at 18,511 in 2003 before falling

Has Ireland’s abortion clamour contributed to another mismanaged sepsis death?

December 16, 2023

An Irish teenager died in University Hospital Limerick due to delays in recognising and treating sepsis, The Sunday Independent reported on 10 December after a review into her treatment and care following reports she spent a significant time on a hospital trolley. Aoife Johnston was 16 when she died on 19 December last year. The

Scottish Catholic group lambasts ‘world’s most extreme’ abortion ‘buffer zone’ legislation

December 14, 2023

A new bill in the Scottish parliament to introduce “safe access zones” around abortion centres has Scottish Catholics deeply concerned, and maintains an ongoing trend in the UK for introducing legislation supporting so-called buffer zones that suppress any form of concern for pregnant women and the unborn. Scottish Catholics are concerned the prohibitions of the

Abortion named top concern by US bishops’ conference

November 16, 2023

NEW YORK – When it came time for a much-anticipated debate among the American bishops over a voting guide ahead of the 2024 election, the surprise may be that there wasn’t actually any contention. They simply voted to approve the agreed-upon materials in a 225 to 11 vote, with seven abstentions. Forming Consciences for Faithful

Letby murders are far from ‘unthinkable’ in a world which celebrates abortion

August 22, 2023

It’s a bit late to be worrying about the polar ice caps melting when the ground under our feet was lost years ago. A nation that moves away from God cannot hold together. We have already fallen apart. We can stack up the hours, days and years of our lives that we spend talking about the