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Is being a nurse a ‘calling’ and does that explain current problems with British nursing?

January 20, 2024

I felt called to nursing. Or you could even call it a vocation, though it preceded my conversion to Christianity and Catholicism. I fear, though, that I represent an increasing minority in British nursing today. More than 40 years ago, in the process of completing a doctorate in biochemistry at the University of Sheffield, I

Climate alarmism is the modern day paganism

July 27, 2023

Chesterton and Voltaire gave us due warning. “He who does not believe in God will believe in anything,” stated the former, while the latter said: “and if God did not exist, we would need to invent him.” And together these aphorisms may explain why modern campaigning groups are beginning to look not so much like religious movements as like

Catholic chaplain sues NHS for harassment after comments on marriage

March 13, 2023

A Catholic chaplain is suing the NHS because he says he was sacked after he answered questions from a patient about Church teaching on marriage. The Rev. Dr Patrick Pullino, a priest in the Archdiocese of Southwark, is taking action against South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust after he was dismissed

Kneel before God, not the NHS

August 20, 2021

Former Anglican priest Gavin Ashenden is disappointed by the promotion of secular worship by the Church of England

The NHS: An article of faith

June 27, 2021

A country with a very high proportion of cases leading to death should surely be asking some questions about its health service -- not questions about the herculean efforts by the staff in the service (many of whom have sadly died from Covid) -- but questions about the structures within which the wonderful staff work.

Appeal to European Court of Human Rights for comatose patient in NHS care

January 12, 2021

An appeal on behalf of the Polish citizen is being prepared with the European Court of Human Rights, and provision of food and water has been restored pending the appeal.

Despite the Alfie Evans disaster, Catholics can back the NHS

June 14, 2018

The NHS can make terrible mistakes. But its basic principle - healthcare provision based on need - is congruent with Church teaching

Boots pharmacy accuses abortion group of encouraging harassment of staff

September 01, 2017

Boots accused BPAS of 'facilitation and tacit encouragement of personal abuse'