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SPUC urges Scottish Government to respond to record abortion figures
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (349+ words) The Catholic Herald SPUC urges Scottish Government to respond to record abortion figures According to the most recent data published by Public Health Scotland, there were 18,783 terminations of pregnancy recorded in a single year. New analysis by the Society for…...
Diocese of Arlington seeks information on possible cause for canonisation for father who died saving his disabled son
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (505+ words) The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, has issued an edict concerning a possible cause for the canonisation of a father who died saving his son after he fell into a septic tank, seeking information about his life as well as any…...
Bishops make final appeal to MPs to reject assisted suicide Bill
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (758+ words) The bishops of England and Wales have made a final appeal for MPs to reject the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ahead of its second reading and vote on September 11. Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster said the Bill,…...
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…...
After the AfD surge, Germany’s Catholic bishops face a dilemma
3+ day, 14+ min ago (396+ words) Whatever one makes of the AfD, 43.8 per cent can no longer plausibly be described as a protest confined to the political fringes. It is here to stay. More than half a million people in the state voted for it. Among…...
Holy See warns of lasting nuclear weapons testing effects at UN
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (185+ words) The Catholic Herald Holy See warns of lasting nuclear weapons testing effects at UN The Holy See has reaffirmed its opposition to the testing of nuclear weapons at the UN, emphasising the long-lasting effects on communities. Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires…...
SSPX protest double standard after ban on using Assisi basilica
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (664+ words) The Society of Saint Pius X has protested what it described as a double standard, after its pilgrimage was banned from entering the basilica in Assisi yet ecumenical events are set to take place all across the town and churches…...
Trans activists disrupt Mass as thousands march for life, and China's underground bishops defy Beijing
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (881+ words) catholicherald.co.uk Trans activists disrupt Mass as thousands march for life, and China's underground bishops defy Beijing More than 10,000 people marched through London for this year's March for Life on Saturday, walking from Westminster to Parliament Square under the…...
Pope Francis’s final book to be released in English this autumn
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (172+ words) Pope Francis’s final book will be released in English this autumn, about two years after it was originally published in Italian. Pope Francis, said Acunto, “shepherded all men towards a pilgrimage of hope, marking what he believed would be a…...
US bishops urge Catholics to be instruments of peace 25 years after September 11
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (358+ words) The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) called for prayer and for Catholics to continue to be instruments of peace in a broken world in a statement marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. “As we prayerfully remember…...