A new programme that is championing the teaching of global issues and exploring Catholic Social Teaching has inspired teachers around the country – and recent participants are urging other Catholic schools to get involved. Teachers from across the country have taken part in special training days, run by international development charity CAFOD, and supported by […]
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Catholic environmental groups are urging parishes, sports groups and Catholic schools to ban single-use plastic. The call comes as the environmentalists welcomed appeals for football clubs to adopt returnable cups at their stadiums to cut plastic waste. Ellen Teague, of the Columban Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, and Dr Edward Echlin, an eco-theologian […]
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Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across the globe – from Canberra and Kabul to Cape Town and Berlin – to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a UN summit. Many were children who skipped school to take part in the second Global Climate Strike, following a […]
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An 800-year-old figure of Christ that once adorned a York abbey will return to the city after nearly two centuries. The rare object, made in Limoges, France, in the 13th century, was found in 1826 in the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey in York. It disappeared for nearly 100 years before it became part of […]
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A call for Catholic schools to be abolished in Scotland has been compared to the actions of notorious dictators Joseph Stalin and Chairman Mao. Tom Wood, the former deputy chief constable of Lothian and Borders police, said closing Catholic schools is the best way to tackle bigotry in Scotland. This view was backed by journalist […]
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Boris Johnson is on course to deliver a “fundamentally different” Brexit deal to ensure the UK leaves on 31st October, a prominent Catholic Cabinet minister has claimed after Finland said a new deal must be presented in 12 days. Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg expressed his confidence in the Prime Minister achieving such an outcome while […]
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The need for food banks increases in areas where Universal Credit has been in operation the longest, new research suggests. The Trussell Trust said its food banks in areas where the benefit has been rolled out for at least a year have seen a 30 per cent increase in demand. Demand jumps to 40 per […]
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The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have welcomed the appointment of Rehman Chishti as the Prime Minister’s special envoy for freedom of religion and belief. The Conservative MP for Gillingham and Rainham succeeds Lord Tariq Ahmad. A statement released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales said: ‘The bishops offer prayers and […]
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A fresh inquest into the deaths of eight IRA men and a civilian shot dead by soldiers at Co Armagh in 1987 could take six months to complete. The case is one of dozens that are the subject of a series of preliminary hearings over three weeks at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast. […]
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Pray for politicians, government officials and anyone in a position of authority, including priests and bishops, Pope Francis urged as he ended his summer schedule and resumed his celebration of morning Mass with a small congregation. Wearing red vestments for the 16th September feast of the martyred Ss Cornelius and Cyprian, the pope said that, […]
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