Michael J. Winterbottom It is now over two years since the UK voted to leave the EU, and as the never-ending saga that is Brexit continues to struggle on there can be precious few corners of our lives that have not been brought into the debate. Recently even its impact on religious pilgrimages has come […]
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A former police officer claimed British intelligence was behind a plot to attack a Catholic primary school during the Troubles, a new documentary revealed. Sean Murray directed a programme about the Glenanne Gang which operated in Co Armagh in the 1970s and has been blamed for a series of killings in collusion with rogue members […]
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Catholics should speak up when things go wrong in the Church, but theirs must be constructive criticism delivered with love, Pope Francis said, otherwise the devil is at work. “One must point out the defects in order to correct them, but when one reports the defects, denounces them, one must love the Church. Without love, […]
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A group of politicians has raised concerns that Catholic mother Asia Bibi has not yet left Pakistan and is now being denied access and communication with the country that has offered her asylum. The politicians, including Catholics Mike Kane, Maria Caulfield, Lord Deben, Mary Glindon, Damian Green and Carol Monaghan, have written to Mohammad Nafees […]
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When speaking to God as a father, Christians experience a love that goes beyond human love and affection, which can be unpredictable and mired by selfishness, Pope Francis said. While often compared to the love of parents, the love of God is greater; “there is a God in heaven who loves us like no one […]
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Life charity has welcomed the agreement by Lambeth Council to pay it damages following publication of libellous statements about its wrongful eviction from the Lambeth Country Show last year. Lambeth Council has also publicly apologised for making inaccurate statements about Life’s application for the event. In a statement read in the High Court today, Life’s […]
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A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government’s controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country’s poor. “There is no war against illegal drugs, because the supply is not being stopped. If they are really after illegal drugs, they would go after the big people, the manufacturers, the smugglers, the suppliers. […]
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Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious orders said, but sometimes the positive “sense of family” in their own communities also made them slow to act. “Pope Francis rightly attacks the culture of clericalism which has hindered our fight against abuse […]
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Sir Richard Branson has said he hopes a concert he is throwing to rally humanitarian aid for Venezuela will help draw global attention and save lives by raising funds for “much-needed medical help” for the crisis-torn country. The British billionaire told the Associated Press that up to 300,000 people are expected to attend Friday’s concert […]
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Two arson attacks at an Irish hotel due to house refugees have been condemned as “simply not consistent with the Gospel” by two Catholic bishops. The two recent fires at The Shannon Key West Hotel in Rooskey, on the Leitrim-Roscommon border, “have caused significant upset to parishioners on both sides of the River Shannon”, said […]
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