1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (471+ words) Ahead of the UN’s annual day remembering those attacked for their Faith, the president of Scotland’s Bishops’ Conference has called for support for a petition urging authorities to defend religious freedom around the world. Bishop John Keenan, President of the…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1023+ words) The week saw renewed calls to defend persecuted Christians, tragedy among Polish pilgrims and continuing debate over assisted suicide, abortion and religious freedom. Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster has called on Catholics to support a petition urging the United Nations…...

18+ hour, 22+ min ago   (834+ words) For a brief moment earlier this year, it looked as though the assisted suicide Bill had been defeated. Not by some great parliamentary revolt, but simply because the clock ran out. Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (289+ words) A judge ruled that a Massachusetts city cannot install two large statues of Catholic saints outside of its public safety building, saying that using taxpayer money to pay for the statues violates the state’s constitution concerning religious neutrality. The Massachusetts…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (425+ words) The bishops of Scotland have welcomed a new £1 million fund that will support the country’s listed places of worship. The pilot scheme was developed in response to the closure of the previous UK-wide Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme earlier…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (734+ words) The Catholic Herald The troubling lesson of Baby Gabriel McKenna West thought that surrogacy would be an easy way to make more money for her family. As a single mother, she knew she couldn’t afford to take on a second…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (550+ words) Last week I read an incredible Substack article titled “We Must Build”. The underlying point of it was that Catholics used to live in physically proximate communities. They lived, worked and worshipped together in the same area. And this de…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (277+ words) The so-called “city lament” was a staple of ancient verse. Often unnamed narrators dwelt on the vanquished glory and uncertain future of a fallen metropole. The Prophet Jeremiah’s scolding of the Israelites following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem is the…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (658+ words) A Finnish member of parliament has been blocked from entering the UK where she was due to give a talk in person on freedom of speech at a religious freedom conference. Päivi Räsänen had been convicted for hate speech by…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (407+ words) The Catholic Herald We value your privacy - Description WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly. - Description The cookietest cookie is typically used…...