News
Scottish bishops “disagree” with Scottish government over Assisted Dying Bill for Scotland
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (397+ words) The Bishops' Conference of Scotland John Mason MSP and Paul O'Kane MSP had tabled amendments seeking to introduce provisions allowing organisations " including hospices, care homes, and faith'based institutions " to exercise conscientious objection. In response, the Scottish Government said, "It is…...
House of Lords urged to reject 'dangerous' decriminalisation of abortion up to birth
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (689+ words) Such a change in the law would seriously endanger women's lives because of the risks of self-induced late-term abortions away from a clinical context, and likely lead to increased numbers of viable babies' lives being ended," said Baroness Rosa Monckton....
Scottish bishops oppose ‘undemocratic’ abortion clinic buffer zone law as first person charged
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (777+ words) Fr Sean Gough and Isabel Vaughan-Spruce at Birmingham Magistrates' Court where they are accused of protesting outside an abortion clinic inside a Birmingham abortion facility buffer zone. Jacob King, PA Images / Alamy Rose Docherty, 76, has become the first person to…...
Monaco rejects abortion bill after prince asserts ‘place of Catholicism’
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) World Economic Forum / Sandra Blaser The government of Monaco rejected a bill to legalise abortion after Prince Albert II said it went against the'teaching of the Catholic Church. Minister of State Christophe Mirmand, a former senior French official who heads…...
Pope Leo XIV: Someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion but I’m in favour of the death penalty,’ is not really pro-life
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (150+ words) The Pope blesses the glacier from Greenland. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Conference "Raising Hope for Climate Justice" tenth anniversary promoted by the Laudato Si Movement at the Mariapolis Center. US Senator Richard Durbin declined an award from…...
Indians of all faiths join pro-life march as ‘voice of the voiceless’
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (609+ words) The 2025 March for Life was its fourth iteration since the first event in 2021. Courtesy Fr Naveen Gladstone More than 2,500 people from across India's religious divides gathered for a pro-life march held in Bangalore this month. In the fourth annual march…...
English bishops support new pro-life guidance from Rome
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (415+ words) The bishops of England and Wales welcomed a new document from the Vatican offering pastoral guidance to help diocese and parishes develop strategies to defend ... English bishops support new pro-life guidance from Rome Andrew Medichini, Associated Press / Alamy Cardinal Kevin…...