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September 9, 2020

Catholic school pays tribute to former pupil killed in Birmingham stabbings

A Catholic school has paid tribute to a former pupil who was killed in the Birmingham knife attacks at the weekend. Jacob Billington was fatally stabbed in Irving Street at about 1.52am on Sunday 6th September, while out with old school friends from Liverpool, who were visiting the city, West Midlands Police said. Mr Billington, from... Read More
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September 7, 2020

Archbishop of Birmingham prays for peace following spate of stabbings

The Archbishop of Birmingham has prayed for peace following a spate of stabbings in the city over the weekend. A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following the string of knife attacks during the early hours of Sunday 6th September. West Midlands Police said the suspect remains in custody after he... Read More
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September 7, 2020

Birmingham priest arrested in Extinction Rebellion protest at Parliament

A Birmingham priest has been arrested in Westminster in a new wave of climate change protests organised by Extinction Rebellion.   Fr Martin Newell was arrested on 1st September as protestors sat on a road outside Parliament on the first day of the ‘September Uprising’.  The protestors, many of them young people, had vowed to occupy the... Read More
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July 1, 2020

‘Apply for settled status as soon as possible!’ bishop urges European citizens in UK

Exactly a year before the government’s deadline for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK to apply for settled status, a bishop who has gone through the process is urging people not to delay in making their application. Bishop William Kenney, Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham and himself a Swedish national, says those who... Read More
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June 25, 2020

Metropolitan archbishops welcome resumption of collective worship with ‘great joy’

The Metropolitan Archbishops of the Catholic Church in England have welcomed plans to resume collective worship in England next month with ‘great joy’. In a letter, addressed to the Catholic community in England, the archbishops – Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster; Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP, Archbishop of Liverpool; Archbishop Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham;... Read More
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