Cardinal Vincent Nichols has condemned the Government’s hard treatment of asylum seekers as a “shame on our country”. “If you’re here for 10 years and you can’t have a residence, you can’t study, you can’t work, you have no income, it’s as if you are being told you are a ‘non-person’, and it’s that darkness […]
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The monks at Mount St Bernard Abbey have revealed that they are selling thousands of bottles of beer every day. As reported in The Universe on 6th July, Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire has become the first Trappist brewery in the UK and only the 12th officially recognised in the world. The monks decided […]
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The Westminster Diocesan Chaplain for Sport has urged football’s lawmakers to clamp down harder on teams that display scandalous behaviour during matches. Mgr Vladimir Felzmann, who is also the CEO for the John Paul II Foundation for Sport, has insisted that rules need to change in order to stop teams from cheating their way to […]
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Catholic environmentalists have joined calls urging the Government to address climate change, amid warnings over the recent UK heatwave. The Bishop of Salford, John Arnold, Ellen Teague of the the Columban Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation and Dr Edward Echlin, eco-theologian and Honorary Fellow at Leeds Trinity University, have backed calls from charity […]
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Lord David Alton of Liverpool has urged the Home Secretary to address widespread claims of discrimination against the religious minorities of Syria. The Catholic life peer made his call in response to reports that there have been no Christians among the 1,112 Syrian refugees resettled in the UK so far this year. The UK Home […]
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The remains of a distinguished RAF pilot have been discovered 75 years after he died in a Spitfire crash. Squadron Leader Daniel Cremin, 25, of 66 Squadron, was killed when his plane collided with another in mid-air as he flew over Cornwall on March 24 in 1942. His family were sent a sealed coffin purportedly […]
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Police have escaped further murder bids in Derry as rioters engaged in a sixth successive night of violence in the city. Two explosive devices were hurled at officers during the dissident republic fomented unrest in the city’s Bogside, with 74 petrol bombs also thrown. Three men were been arrested, one on suspicion of attempted murder. […]
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Fr Michael McCarthy died at St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds on the evening of 10th July 2018 after a long illness. He was seventy-two years of age. Born in West Cork, Ireland on 12th August 1945 he studied for the priesthood at St Patrick’s College, Carlow and was ordained at the Cathedral of the Assumption, […]
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As England prepare for their biggest World Cup tie in decades, nervous and anxious football fans may be surprised to hear that a new survey has found that watching football matches is in fact good for your mental health. But the twist is that it is beneficial as a memory stimulator for older people – […]
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The Primate of All-Ireland has praised the ‘brave rescuers’ who saved 12 schoolboys and their football coach from a flooded Thai cave. The 18-day ordeal riveted much of the world – from the awful news that the 13 were missing, to the first flickering video of the huddle of anxious yet smiling boys when they […]
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