‘The Moth has landed,’ tweeted the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. The tweet and a similar post on the diocesan Facebook page was meant to assure people that the 60-year-old Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, Richard Moth, had fulfilled his pledge to go skydiving and had completed the task successfully and unharmed. Joined by Lucy […]
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A bishop has praised a decision by the Government not to impose exclusion zones around abortion clinics throughout the UK. Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced last week that a national policy of buffer zones would ‘not be a proportionate response’ to claims that some pregnant women were being harassed by people praying outside abortion centres. […]
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An early 19th century water mill that, for decades, has stood roofless and abandoned in the grounds of Stonyhurst College has had new life breathed into it by a heritage charity. A £4.3 million building project, undertaken by the Lancashire construction company, Wardens, and overseen by Preston architects, Cassidy and Ashton, has just come to […]
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A former Catholic schoolgirl, who says a lung transplant is her “only option”, is urging the public to support and consider organ donation. Laura Beattie, 29, from Stretford, Greater Manchester, is one of 354 people in Britain waiting for a lung transplant – a list that the NHS warned is growing and growing each year. […]
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A new documentary highlights the effect St John Paul ll’s visit to Ireland in 1979 had on the Northern Ireland peace process. A Plea For Peace, directed by David Naglieri and narrated by The Passion Of The Christ star Jim Caviezel, features interviews with Seamus Mallon, Martin Mansergh, Rev Harold Good, Lord David Alton and […]
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Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte shared his Catholic faith with his team, encouraging players to attend Mass and pray the Rosary, a former Tyrone senior football captain has revealed. Sean Cavanagh, a three-time All-Ireland winner with Tyrone, said despite some players not wanting to go to Mass before a big game, no-one objected to their […]
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The international Catholic Movement for peace, Pax Christi, is urging Catholic Universe readers to “stop the arms trade”, amid strong condemnation of the UK’s continuing arms exports to Saudi Arabia. The call comes after Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt defended the UK selling arms to Saudi Arabia after coalition forces carried out a deadly air […]
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Lord David Alton of Liverpool is calling for an international day for victims of religious persecution. The Catholic peer says the world must do more to tackle the oppression faced by people of all faiths after turning a blind eye to the abuse of religious minorities in Syria, Iraq and Burma. He warns that those […]
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A group of mothers who were offered help outside abortion clinics by pro-life vigils have welcomed the Home Secretary decision to reject pressure from abortion lobby groups to introduce nationwide ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics. The Home Secretary has made clear that there are a wide range of existing powers available to local authorities and […]
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Catholic bishops in Africa have voiced concern about a growing number of priests who fail to return home after training or ministering in Europe, in violation of Church norms. “Many priests respect agreements by coming back after working in Europe, but we’re concerned about those who don’t,” said Fr Emmanuel Wohi Nin, general secretary of […]
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