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American women are in crisis too
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (738+ words) Something is very wrong amongst women in America. Just recently, an X/Twitter post featured a compilation of viral TikTok videos featuring women pretending to harm their babies. This disturbing trend surfaced amid ongoing hysteria surrounding the Lindsay Clancy trial…...
Bishops speak out after leaked SNP motion on abortion
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (434+ words) The bishops of Scotland have urged politicians to reject an “extreme abortion law” following the leaking of a Scottish National Party conference draft agenda. The leaked agenda included a motion calling for Scottish law to be changed to decriminalise women…...
Blood sacrifices ancient and modern
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (492+ words) “What,” I asked myself, “would a thoughtful person who was totally ignorant of the Christian religion make of the language and imagery of ritual blood sacrifice that pervades Christian theology and worship?” Our contemporary critic might (with understandable indignation) ask,…...
Assisted suicide vote to follow World Suicide Prevention Day
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (711+ words) A government adviser on suicide prevention has pointed out that the vote on the assisted suicide Bill will take place the day after World Suicide Prevention Day, revealing a striking disparity in supporters of the Bill’s views on suicide. The…...
Pro-family politics requires prudence
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (867+ words) Catholics of both stripes, Left and Right, tend to naively applaud such policy recommendations. Now, at last, we have a pro-life politician! Let’s leave aside the obvious – that we should distrust any pro-family policy coming from a politician who would…...
Lichtenstein parliament votes to legalise abortion
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (292+ words) The Catholic Herald We value your privacy - Description Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services - Description CookieYes sets this cookie for consent solution management. - Description This…...
The return to barbarism
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (372+ words) One may be forgiven for finding this state of affairs vaguely reminiscent of the scene from Johnny English when Rowan Atkinson’s character is pressed on the security of the event he is supposed to be protecting. “Everything in order, English?...
10,000 pro-lifers fill London’s streets at March for Life
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (551+ words) Undeterred by violent pro-abortion protests, over 10,000 pro-lifers took to the streets of London for the annual March for Life on Saturday, with a record 15 Catholic bishops attending. Wending through the streets of London from the Emmanuel Centre to Parliament Square,…...
Leaked SNP agenda includes motion to decriminalise self-administered abortion
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (709+ words) A leaked copy of the Scottish National Party’s conference draft agenda has revealed that it includes a motion calling for a change in the law so it would no longer be illegal for women to perform their own abortions for…...
The Week Ahead: Assisted suicide vote, Pope Leo XIV’s Genazzano visit and 9/11 anniversary
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (558+ words) This week will see Pope Leo XIV will visit the shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, while MPs prepare to vote on assisted suicide and Illinois prepares to introduce the practice. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued…...