Canadian organisers plan hybrid March for Life in Ottawa

After cancelling Ottawa’s in-person March for Life last year, organisers of this year’s event plan to rally on Parliament Hill, even though the province of Ontario and much of the rest of the country continues to enact strict rules against social gatherings because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Organisers of the march do not know how... Read More

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May 7, 2021

Some German parishes plan blessings for lovers, including same-sex couples

Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to “blessing services for lovers” on and around 10th May. The campaign, “Love Wins,” was launched in Hamburg, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. The campaign’s website said the aim was to celebrate “the diversity of people’s different life plans and love stories” and to ask for God’s... Read More

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April 23, 2021

Sisters call on UK to reverse ‘illegal’ nuclear weapons plan

An international congregation of Catholic Sisters and Associates in the UK and the US have urged the UK to reverse its ‘immoral’ nuclear expansion plan. The Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the decision to increase the UK’s number of nuclear warheads by 40 per cent... Read More

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April 21, 2021

Catholic chaplain gives failed ‘European Super League’ plan the red card

A European Super League would have been a “disaster” for football, the Westminster Chaplain for Sport has said, after controversial plans fell through. Premier League clubs Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur – dubbed the ‘Big Six’ or the ‘self-proclaimed Super Six’ – had been among 12 clubs who agreed to... Read More

Culture, Sport

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March 21, 2021

TV makeover hopes as Tolkien centre plan hits a funding snag

Organisers of a crowdfunding campaign attempting to save JRR Tolkien’s Oxford home and establish a literary centre there dedicated to the Catholic author, are exploring alternative options. The initiative, named Project Northmoor, is aiming to save the house, 20 Northmoor Road, in which Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, in advance of it being... Read More

Culture

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March 20, 2021

Catholic animal group welcomes ivory ban plan

A Catholic animal welfare group has welcomed the launch of a consultation concerning the UK’s proposed ban on importing, exporting and dealing in items containing elephant ivory. The Government has launched the eight-week consultation on the implementation of the Ivory Act. Once implemented, the Ivory Act will introduce a near total ban on the import,... Read More

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March 9, 2021

Irish bishops criticise Government’s public worship plan

Catholic bishops in the west of Ireland have expressed concern that the country may not see the return of public worship “for months to come”. In a pastoral message marking one year since Covid-19 arrived on the island, the bishops of the Tuam province recognise the “disappointment and frustration that many people feel, at the... Read More

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March 6, 2021

MPs look to ‘sugar tax’ to fund plan to broaden free school breakfasts

A cross-party group of politicians has urged the Government to extend school breakfast provision to ensure that no child is too hungry to learn. The call comes as the School Breakfast Bill, tabled by Catholic MP Emma Lewell-Buck, has been postponed due to the reduced parliamentary calendar as a result of Covid-19. If successful, it... Read More

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February 22, 2021

Biden’s immigration plan begins what might be long journey through Congress

Democrats have formally introduced one of the most ambitious plans to date to address legal and illegal immigration in the US, while at the same time signalling limits for those currently attempting to enter without documentation at the southern border. The Biden administration’s US Citizenship Act of 2021 seeks to legalise some 11 million unauthorised immigrants currently in the... Read More

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Catholic animal group welcomes ivory ban plan

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