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Covid lockdown of churches was ‘outrageous’, admits former government minister

November 13, 2023

The lockdown of churches during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic was “outrageous”, a former Government minister has admitted. Lord Greenhalgh of Fulham, a Conservative peer in Boris Johnson’s Government, said that churches and other places of worship were closed because “people at the heart of power did not understand faith”. He made his remarks as the

A lockdownless Christmas

November 25, 2021

Christmas celebrations this year will, thank God, be very different from the last. Ordinary life has for the most part resumed in Britain; in some respects, churches lag behind other parts of society in returning to normal. Many parish churches still require masks, social distancing, taped-off pews and thus limit the size of congregations. Others

Let’s get physical

June 01, 2021

As a return to socialising beckons, it’s worth reflecting on the  trials and tribulations of this year spent under lockdown

People should be free to worship publicly as lockdown eases, say Irish bishops

March 11, 2021

Bishops have urged the Irish government to ease restrictions on public worship as the country’s severest restrictions plan to be eased.

Bishops voice concern over treatment of religion in Irish reopening plan

March 04, 2021

CNA Staff, Mar 4, 2021 / 05:30 pm MT (CNA).- As Ireland marks the first anniversary of the novel coronavirus arriving, local Catholic bishops are calling for the government to ease its restrictions on in-person worship services.

Diary: I read this one already

March 01, 2021

Lockdown and the war are so often compared, but are they really alike, asks Antonia Fraser

Forecasts of post-lockdown ‘divorce boom’ are ‘highly questionable’, says think tank

February 08, 2021

New research from the Marriage Foundation think tank has found that the number of married couples in the UK considering divorce has shrunk below pre-covid levels.

Glasgow priest launches legal challenge against SNP’s ban on public worship

January 13, 2021

Canon Thomas White of St Alphonsus Church, Glasgow, has started a crowdfunding campaign to take Nicola Sturgeon's government to court over its decision to close places of worship