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News – UK and Ireland
April 10, 2021

Animal welfare petition calls for end to ‘cruel’ horse racing

Ahead of today’s Grand National at Aintree, animal welfare groups have called for an end to the “cruelty” of horse racing. The call comes just weeks after the tragic death of a horse during Cheltenham Festival. Catholic Concern for Animals (CCA) described the death of King’s Temptation, ridden by Bryan Carver, on the second day... Read More
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April 9, 2021

Pandemic cuts stigma around benefit claims

The public’s opinions of those who claim benefits has improved as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research. The virus has led to so many people struggling financially, due to businesses folding, redundancies and workers being furloughed, who had not struggled before that claiming benefits no longer carries the negative connotations... Read More
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April 8, 2021

Peace groups pressure NatWest over nuclear arms

Christian groups are among more than 40 organisations calling on NatWest to update its ‘defence sector’ policy to reflect that nuclear weapons are now prohibited under international law.  The call comes following widespread condemnation of the UK Government’s decision to increase the cap on the nuclear weapons in its stockpile by up to 40 per... Read More
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April 7, 2021

Covid-19 Memorial Wall is reminder of the pandemic’s fallen

Volunteers and bereaved families and friends of Covid-19 victims are working on a mural featuring almost 150,000 hearts to give a ‘visual representation’ to each life lost during the pandemic. The Covid-19 Memorial Wall outside St Thomas’ Hospital in central London is expected to stretch more than a kilometre long when finished. Despite being opposite... Read More
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April 7, 2021

Sr Stan calls for post-Covid planning to focus on homes

Covid-19 must prove to be a turning point in the battle to end homelessness, a prominent Irish nun and social activist has said. Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, founder of Irish homelessness charity Focus Ireland, said that as the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, it can use this period to reform its practices and alleviate and... Read More
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April 6, 2021

Public worship must not be ‘subordinated to powerful commercial interests’

Catholic bishops in the Republic of Ireland have once again urged the Government to resume public worship, warning that the easing of such restrictions “must not be subordinated to powerful commercial interests”. Their calls come as a blanket ban on public worship has been in place throughout the Republic of Ireland for almost a year.... Read More
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April 6, 2021

Police ‘brutally exceeded powers’ shutting down Good Friday service, says church

Police halted a Good Friday service after a complaint that pandemic regulations were not being met, leading the parish priest to complain that officers had ‘brutally exceeded their powers’. Footage from a video of the service at Christ the King Polish church in the southern suburb of Balham on 2nd April shows two uniformed officers entering the sanctuary and... Read More
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April 6, 2021

Pippa Knight’s mother ‘devastated’ as Supreme Court rejects to hear case

The mother of Pippa Knight is “devastated” after the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of her five-year-old girl whose life support doctors want to turn off. Paula Parfitt, from Strood, Kent, wanted daughter Pippa to leave hospital for specialists to stage a homecare trial. However, doctors treating Pippa, who is in a vegetative... Read More
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