No to vaccine passports in church, says Christian group

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged not to impose controversial vaccine passports on churches in England. Christian Action Research & Education (CARE) told the PM the idea was ‘antithetical to the very nature of the church’, adding in a letter that ‘the imposition of vaccine certificates on churches would be unwelcome and a fundamental... Read More

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April 13, 2021

Police officers express ‘deep regret’ over shutting church during Good Friday service

Police officers have said they “deeply regret” any upset caused by shutting down a Good Friday service at a Catholic church in London. Two Metropolitan Police officers attended a service at Christ the King Polish Catholic Church in Balham, south London, on Divine Mercy Sunday 11th April to address the congregation about the incident. Officers... Read More

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April 13, 2021

Colombian church groups mobilise to help newest Venezuelan refugees

Church groups in Colombia are mobilising to support thousands of Venezuelan refugees who recently fled a military offensive and are stuck in a remote Colombian border town. More than 5,000 people are currently sleeping in shelters in Arauquita as fighting between the Venezuelan army and rebel groups that traffic cocaine continues just a few miles away in the Venezuelan state of Apure. The refugees have accused... Read More

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April 11, 2021

Lord calls on Church to get behind pope’s message on climate

The Chair of UK’s Committee on Climate Change has urged Catholics to pressure the Church leadership to follow in Pope Francis’ footsteps and put climate change and environmental issues at the heart of everything they preach. Lord Deben’s call came as he warned that society has “been careless with God’s creation” and everyone has a... Read More

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April 7, 2021

Cardinal Parolin says Church divisions stem from misunderstanding ‘reform’

Days after the preacher of the papal household called on Catholics to repent for the ways they are dividing the Church, the Vatican secretary of state said the divisions are real and they are harmful. “Anyone who sees the situation of the Church today has to worry about these things because they are there,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary... 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 1, 2021

Spain: Ideology and division threaten Church-state co-operation

Spain, a bastion of Christianity in Europe for centuries, finds itself in a crisis of faith as the influence of Catholicism continues to decline. According to a 2019 survey conducted by the website Statista, 61 per cent of Spaniards identified themselves as Catholic, compared to 70 per cent in 2011. Furthermore, of those Catholics, over... Read More

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March 29, 2021

Madrid cardinal believes Church and state can coexist peacefully

Despite some serious legislative and social differences that have led the Catholic Church and the Spanish government to bump heads, the country has a “healthy secularism,” said Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra of Madrid. The Madrid cardinal, vice president of the Spanish bishops’ conference, said the legalisation of euthanasia on 18thMarch and other recent measures in conflict with... Read More

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