Prisons as pandemic super-spreaders: Latin American Church raises alarm

Ignoring early warnings and pleas from bishops’ commissions for prison ministry, countries across Latin America are seeing rising Covid-19 infection rates and deaths among inmates in their generally overcrowded prisons. “Confinement and the concentration of people are obviously major factors for contagion,” Argentine Bishop Jorge Garcia Cuerva, vice president of the International Commission of Catholic... Read More

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April 7, 2020

Pope prays for solution to overcrowded prisons during pandemic

While countries have enforced social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis warned of serious consequences if the same measures aren’t applied to overcrowded prisons. During the live broadcast of his morning Mass on 6th April, the pope said that unless authorities make efforts to solve the problem of overcrowded prisons,... Read More

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March 30, 2020

Bishop joins calls on Government to tackle spread of Covid-19 in prisons

The Catholic Church has joined calls for the Government to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in prisons by urgently releasing some people where it is safe to do. The call comes after a top defence barrister demanded that the Government acts now on “hellish” and “inhumane” prison conditions, amid fears of riots and the spread... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

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October 11, 2019

Catholic prison charity: Put faith into action in Prisons Week

A prison charity is calling on Catholics to put their faith into action during a week devoted to supporting prisoners. October 13 marks Prisoners’ Sunday, whilst Prisons Week takes place from 13-19 October 2019. These events aim to encourage prayer and awareness of the needs of prisoners and their families, victims of offenders and prison... Read More

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November 2, 2018

Deprivation of liberty in prisons does not mean deprivation of care, insists Bishop Moth

“The deprivation of liberty in prisons does not mean the deprivation of the care to which all people are entitled,” the Bishop for Prisons has said. Bishop Richard Moth’s comments come in response to The Health and Social Care Select Committee’s new report, which suggests that criminals are being sentenced to ‘worsened health’ when they... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

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July 25, 2018

Lord Alton demands inquiry into origins of cadavers on display at Birmingham exhibition

A Catholic life peer has backed calls to investigate the deaths of more than 20 men, whose skinless cadavers are on public display as part of an exhibition in Birmingham. Real Bodies: The Exhibition, which runs at the NEC, Birmingham, until 19th August, is billed as ‘a powerful thought-provoking exhibition exploring life by displaying 20... Read More

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