New Jersey’s new law allowing assisted suicide, effective as of 1st August, points to an ‘utter failure’ on the part of government and indeed all society, a US bishop has said. It is the failure ‘to care truly, authentically and humanely for the suffering and vulnerable in our midst especially those living with an incurable […]
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Heatwaves should be named after fossil fuel companies in order to name and shame them, a Catholic environmentalist has suggested. Ellen Teague, of the Columban Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, said the extreme weather events should be named after such companies that have undermined climate change action in order to raise awareness of […]
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Two Catholic bishops joined almost a dozen leaders of various Christian groups in Baltimore denouncing tweets by President Donald Trump, who in late July called Maryland’s 7th Congressional District a ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested’ place where ‘no human being would want to live’. Archbishop William E. Lori and Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden of […]
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Prostitution is a horrendous crime that reduces vulnerable women to tortured slaves who are at the mercy of their clients, Pope Francis said. All people of goodwill have a duty to help vulnerable women and other victims of human trafficking escape from forced sexual slavery, the pope wrote in a prologue of a new book […]
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A charity that was founded in a shed in Argyll is now providing life-changing meals to more than 1.5 million hungry children every school day. Mary’s Meals began in 2002 by feeding 200 children in Malawi. Today, it will feed 1,504,471 children in 18 countries across the world – including Haiti, South Sudan and Syria. […]
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CAFOD is calling on Alok Sharma, the new Secretary of State for International Development, to focus on tackling worldwide poverty. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Mr Sharma, the former Minister for Housing, to the role as part of his new look cabinet. CAFOD Director Christine Allen said: “Alok Sharma has an opportunity to keep the […]
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The heatwave sweeping Europe could cause the vaulted ceilings of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral to collapse, the chief architect of France’s historic monuments has warned. Dozens of sensors dotted around the 12th-century monument have shown no indication that it is deteriorating, but architect Philippe Villeneuve is worried. Mr Villeneuve said on Wednesday that the stone […]
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The UK is still backing billions of pounds worth of fossil fuels overseas despite pledging to be a leader on tackling climate change, campaigners claim. Analysis for CAFOD, the Catholic international development charity in England and Wales by the Overseas Development Institute has found that between 2010 and 2017 the UK provided support for energy […]
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As Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minster today members of the Network of Christian Peace Organisations, including Pax Christi – the international Catholic movement for peace, have written an open letter calling for the new government to work to ensure a peaceful resolution to the current tensions with Iran as well as seeking security throughout the […]
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Leaving the European Union (EU) without an exit deal would ‘put at risk the welfare and safety of the poorest communities in the UK’, senior figures from seven Christian denominations from across the country have warned Boris Johnson. The Church leaders said they were ‘compelled’ to write to the new prime minister to set out […]
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