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February 24, 2020

This Lent make your fasting have lasting impact

Shrove Tuesday is that time of year when we tuck into pancakes, sweet or savoury, to mark the start of Lent, a time when we traditionally give something up during the 40 days leading up to Easter. It might be perennial favourites like sweets, chocolates, crisps, or bad habits such as smoking, too much alcohol,... Read More
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July 19, 2019

Education only way to solve UK’s ‘throwaway mindset’

Society’s “throwaway mindset” must be tackled through education, a Catholic environmentalist has urged. The call comes amid news that Britons will spend more than £2.7 billion this year on tens of millions of summer outfits they will wear only once. Ellen Teague, of the Columban Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, pointed out that... Read More
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September 15, 2018

Laura pleads with the public to support organ donation

A former Catholic schoolgirl, who says a lung transplant is her “only option”, is urging the public to support and consider organ donation. Laura Beattie, 29, from Stretford, Greater Manchester, is one of 354 people in Britain waiting for a lung transplant – a list that the NHS warned is growing and growing each year.... Read More
News – UK and Ireland
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December 24, 2017

Your fun gaudy jumper’s not just for Christmas…

Catholic environmentalists have urged the faithful to treasure their Christmas jumpers and shun the throwaway culture of the fashion industry, as it looks to descend on the festive season. A recent survey carried out by Environmental charity Hubbub found that a quarter of Christmas jumpers bought last year were thrown away or are unlikely to... Read More
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July 12, 2016

Bill Cunningham, Times photographer, lived his faith, says priest

He was a fashion photographer who worked in Manhattan and regularly went to Paris runway shows, yet he used duct tape to repair his own inexpensive clothes. Bill Cunningham, who was responsible for both a street fashion and society spread in The New York Times Style section every Sunday, chose a life of simplicity. For... Read More
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