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Foetal sentience Bill progresses after Lords debate

March 23, 2024

A Bill to establish a government advisory committee to study and establish the development of unborn children has progressed in the House of Lords. Lord Moylan’s Foetal Sentience Committee Bill, which intends to create a committee to act as a source of evidence-based scientific expertise on the sentience of unborn babies in accord with developments

Vatican finally reins in German bishops over ‘schismatic’ synodal agenda

March 23, 2024

ROME – The Vatican has reined in the German bishops amid proposals to break from Church unity on innovations such as women priests, married priests, blessings of same-sex couples in churches and baptisms by women. The Holy See announced last night that the German bishops will ensure all reforms within the German Catholic Church comply

Saint of the Week: Saint Patrick

March 22, 2024

Bishop († c. 461) Feast Day: 17 March Happy the gentle: they shall have the earth for their heritage (Mt 5:4). According to Pope Francis, “Meekness can be seen by how one reacts to a hostile situation. Anyone can appear meek when everything is peaceful, but how does one react if one is under attack, offended,

Gaza priests says plight of trapped Christians ‘worsening by the hour’

March 22, 2024

Gaza’s Catholic priest says the situation in the territory continues to be very serious and is “worsening hour by hour.” Speaking to AgenSIR, the Italian Catholic news agency, Father Gabriel Romanelli said Christians in Gaza “still have faith and hope in the essential – in Jesus Christ.” Hamas, the Islamist terrorist group that rules Gaza, attacked

Cardinal Nichols blesses and opens Ampleforth Abbey visitor centre and tea room

March 22, 2024

A new chapter was opened in the hospitality apostolate of Ampleforth Abbey when Cardinal Vincent Nichols travelled to the Benedictine monastery in North Yorkshire to bless Alban Roe House, a retreat and visitor centre which has been extensively refurbished with the help of a generous donation. The building brings together residential accommodation, a tea room,

House of Lords bill on ‘sentience’ would give human foetuses in UK parity with shellfish

March 20, 2024

A bill under consideration in the United Kingdom’s House of Lords is attempting to establish a committee on ‘foetal sentience’. The bill (HL Bill 15) would require the UK Secretary of State to establish a Foetal Sentience Committee. The committee’s purpose would be to provide evidence-based, scientific expertise on the sentience – a measure of

Furious reaction to ‘blasphemous’ poster results in riot police guard for premiere of Greek film

March 19, 2024

Riot police were deployed in the Greek city of Thessaloniki as a city-wide ban on protests was implemented after two weeks of turmoil in response to a new documentary film and its accompanying “blasphemous” poster. Those incensed by the film and its poster had previously announced plans to disrupt the premiere of Greek filmmaker Elina

West England and the Diocese of Clifton have a new bishop

March 14, 2024

The Diocese of Clifton has a new bishop as of 14 March 2024. Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Canon Bosco MacDonald as the tenth Bishop of Clifton. It follows the Pope on the same day accepting the resignation of the Right Reverend Declan Lang as Bishop of the Diocese of Clifton, one of 22 dioceses

Sacrament of Confession under threat in Hong Kong from Chinese security law

March 13, 2024

The confidentiality of the Sacrament of Confession could be under threat in Hong Kong due to a new national security law that the Chinese government is currently pushing through. In a joint letter, 16 international experts in freedom of religion and belief have expressed “profound and grave concerns” about the implications of the new security

Warwick Street’s pipe organ restoration project struggling to find grants

March 11, 2024

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory on Warwick Street in the heart of London is in the midst of a difficult fundraising campaign for the restoration of its esteemed pipe organ. The situation is “challenging”, according to those at the church, which currently is commemorating its 300th anniversary. Originally installed in 1790 by

EDITORIAL: Raves in the naves, the desecration of our medieval cathedrals

March 10, 2024

One of the most dispiriting reflections of the state of the Church of England has been the spectacle of ancient cathedrals hosting what critics call “raves in the nave” – silent discos. A recent event at Canterbury Cathedral was especially repugnant; people danced to the music of Eminem and the Spice Girls in the nave

EDITORIAL: The Church and the conflict in Gaza

March 09, 2024

Five months after the conflict in Gaza began, the undeclared war continues to exact a terrible toll on the lives and livelihoods of civilians. The 130 Israelis taken hostage during the Hamas atrocities of 7 October last year are still in captivity in unimaginable conditions. At the time of writing, the number of Palestinian civilian

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