The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has been criticised by a leading lawyer for his handling of the case involving Reverend Dr Bernard Randall, a chaplain who was blacklisted after expressing gender-critical views in a sermon. Dr Randall (pictured), who preached at Trent College in Nottingham, has been barred from preaching for five years. This Read more
The Vatican has called for restraint in the Middle East as tensions escalate following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin directly urged Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian not to retaliate. Parolin stressed the need to avoid further conflict. This message was conveyed during a phone call Read more
Receiving the Eucharist is what most young Catholics expect. Even Paul Gannucci (pictured with his parents). A myriad of health conditions resulting in his being tube-fed since he was three months old have prevented him from consuming the Eucharist. Nonetheless, Gannucci has always wanted to be able to receive the Body of Christ. And so Read more
Pet Power, a Catholic programme, prescribes a few pats a day to help manage stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Centacare Catholic Family Services says that having a pet or interacting with someone else’s animals is proven to help people in many ways. That insight is demonstrated over and over again Read more
After the secularist prime minister of Bangladesh fled the country, non-Muslims claim they have suffered attacks in the Islamic-majority country. Around 90 percent of the South Asian nation is Muslim, with 7.95 percent being Hindu, 0.6 percent Buddhist, and just 0.3 percent being Christian – just about 500,000 people in a nation of 170 million. Read more
The escalated domestic terror threat and the false claims driving race riots in Britain show why social media companies must be reined in to protect the young from radicalisation and misinformation, the South Australian Premier has declared amid the growing push to impose greater control on digital publishers. Peter Malinauskas has joined forces with NSW Read more
God will not judge people by how many university degrees they earned, but by how well they cared for the poor, Pope Francis told a group of priests and religious women. “The Lord won’t ask us, ‘What did you study?’ ‘How many degrees do you have?’ ‘How many works did you accomplish?’ No, no. The Read more
The baths at the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France have fully reopened for the first time in four years for France’s national pilgrimage for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary this week. According to the news station Europe 1, more than 30,000 pilgrims are expected in Lourdes for the Aug Read more
The Vatican has signaled a nuanced shift in its stance on providing food and hydration to patients in a vegetative state. The stance is outlined in a new document published by the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV). The text, titled “Small Lexicon on End of Life”, indicates a slight departure from the Church’s previous position. Read more
Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the Archbishop of Washington DC, urged unity and dialogue in his address at the “Outreach” LGBTQ Catholic conference at Georgetown University. The conference, held from 2 – 4 August, brought together LGBTQ Catholics, clergy and many others with a vested interest to discuss faith and inclusivity within the Church. According to the Read more