A Catholic animal welfare group has insisted that there must be a “complete ban” on the use of animals in travelling circuses. Catholic Concern for Animals’ (CCA) call came as the group welcomed Parliamentary moves to ban the use of wild animals in such shows. As the ban cleared its first major Commons hurdle, the […]
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The Westminster Chaplain for Sport has branded plans to play both the Champions League and Europa League finals abroad a “disgrace” and has urged UEFA to move them to England amid complaints of profiteering and the huge detrimental impact they will have on the environment. Both finals of this year’s two European competitions will be […]
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Sir David Attenborough has backed a Christian charity report revealing the stark impacts of plastic pollution on the world’s poorest people. The No Time to Waste report, created by Tearfund in collaboration with Fauna & Flora International, the Institute of Development Studies and WasteAid, found that one person dies every 30 seconds in developing countries […]
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Christians have been urged to speak out “more loudly and with greater urgency” in an effort to end child poverty. The call comes as a recent study suggested that child poverty is becoming the ‘new normal’ in parts of the UK and rising rapidly in major cities. Research by the End Child Poverty coalition indicated […]
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School feeding charity Mary’s Meals will reach 95,000 more chronically hungry children in Zambia after a fund-raising campaign raised millions of pounds. The Mary’s Meals Double the Love campaign raised £3.5 million in donations, which has been boosted to £5.5 million by the UK Government. The funds will provide one good meal every day in […]
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ITV’s permanent axing of the Jeremy Kyle Show during Mental Health Awareness Week is “a sensible and proper decision”, the director of a Catholic mental health project has said. ITV has issued a statement announcing the permanent cancellation of the confrontational talk show after heavy criticism following the death of a participant. The broadcaster had […]
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Pro-lifers have heavily criticised Jameela Jamil after The Good Place actress claimed there would be ‘so many lives ruined’ because of a US state’s moves to protect the life of unborn babies once a foetal heartbeat is detected. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) hit out at the 33-year-old actress, branding her […]
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Northern Ireland’s main Churches have urged politicians to show courage and reach agreement. Fresh talks started last week in a bid to see the powersharing government in the region resurrected. The Stormont administration has been collapsed for more than two years following a breakdown in relations between the DUP and Sinn Fein. Six previous talks […]
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Thousands of people from across the UK attended the March For Life UK in London. The March, which took place on Saturday 11th May, finished in Parliament Square where the crowd was addressed by a line-up of keynote speakers including; abortion survivor Melissa Ohden and president of Culture of Life Africa Obianuju Ekeocha. Carla and […]
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The Westminster Diocesan Chaplain for Sport has urged the Football Association (FA) to investigate claims that there is a racism issue regarding referees. Reuben Simon, an ambassador for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) officials at Ref Support UK, said black referees are being stopped from climbing the football league ladder and reaching the upper […]
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