In accompanying letter Archbishop Smith urges priests to ‘do all you can’ to oppose Bill
Topic: same-sex marriage
Letter signed by 1,000 priests: same-sex marriage will restrict freedom of Catholics
Letter to Telegraph says legislation would erode ability of faithful to ‘participate fully’ in public life
The Soho Masses are now to be discontinued; and the ordinariate has its ‘cathedral’; all we need now is to clarify Catholic teaching on civil unions
The Church of England accepts them: but the CDF has made it clear that we do not. But things seem a little ambiguous here. How come?
Six things to pray for in 2013
Ireland, marriage, Parliament, Pope Benedict XVI and atheists all need our prayers in 2013, says Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith.
Cardinal questions whether David Cameron can be trusted
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor says there was no mention of same-sex marriage in his party’s manifesto
Ukip plans to derail the Tories over gay marriage: Farage has perceptively concluded that this, not the economy or Europe, is what will destroy Cameron
Farage understands the Tory grassroots much better than Cameron and his pals; this, in the end, is what will unseat him as leader of the party
Archbishops: It is not too late to stop this shambolic Bill
Archbishops of Westminster and Southwark urge faithful to oppose Bill on same-sex marriage
There has been no debate on gay marriage – that’s why people are so angry about it
The Government has handled this issue extraordinarily badly







Catholic priests are right to express fears over Government marriage plans
Equality legislation will certainly undermine the Government’s supposed guarantee