Brave Ingrid's Catholic faith gave her strength to confront killer

The ex-Brownie leader who bravely faced up to a knife-weilding killer in Woolwich has spoken of how her Catholic faith led her to confront the man.

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Archbishop McDonald's call for solidarity after Woolwich

Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark and Chair of the Bishops' Conference Office for Interreligious Dialogue, the Most Rev Kevin McDonald has released this statement on the shocking murder in Woolwich on 22nd May:

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Bishop responds to Woolwich killing

Responding to yesterday's brutal murder of a soldier from Woolwich Barracks, Southwark Bishop Patrick Lynch and Fr Michael Branch, parish priest of Saint Peter the Apostle, Woolwich, issued this joint request for prayer:

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Catholic MPs and peers ask Pope to ordain married men

Catholic Members of both Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament have written to the new Pope, His Holiness Pope Francis I, to invite him to consider permitting bishops in the UK to ordain married men as priests.

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Archbishop Nichols talks of Easter "triumph".

The Catholic leader of England and Wales has hailed Easter as a "triumph of light over darkness and life over death".

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Prime Minister says Christianity has played "an incredible role" in British society

David Cameron has used an Easter message to hail the "incredible role" played by Christian churches and organisations in Britain and across the world.

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Society at a 'crossroads', says Bishop Davies

The Bishop of Shrewsbury, the Right Reverend Mark Davies, will warn tomorrow that Britain faces a "crossroads" over whether to accept politicians' and law-makers' determinations on issues like same-sex marriage, abortion, and the right to die.

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Former Archbishop of Canterbury blasts Prime Minister

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has attacked David Cameron for doing more than any other recent political leader to feed Christian anxieties that they are part of a persecuted minority.

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Catholics must be a witness to Christ's Cross

Without faith in Christ's sacrifice on the cross, the church is nothing more than a "pitiful NGO," Pope Francis said in his first homily as pope.

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Cardinal O'Brien resigns

Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour, is stepping down with immediate effect.

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