British prime minister’s infant son baptized Catholic September 23, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A Catholic priest has baptized the infant son of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
New U.K. survey: 4 percent of Catholics will not return to church after pandemic September 9, 2020By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Only a small minority of British Catholics said they would not return to worship in church when the coronavirus pandemic is fully over, according to a new survey.
American raised in Philadelphia among victims stabbed in England June 22, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, World News An American who attended Catholic schools in Philadelphia was among three friends stabbed to death in a suspected terror attack in England.
Belgium’s Brothers of Charity cut ties to their homes over euthanasia May 7, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Belgium’s Brothers of Charity have cut ties with their 15 homes for psychiatric patients after the Vatican stripped the institutions of their Catholic status because euthanasia was permitted on their premises.
Catholic bioethicist: COVID-19 vaccine could be question of conscience April 30, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News There is “no absolute duty” to boycott any COVID-19 vaccine produced with the help of cells derived from aborted fetuses, said a researcher from a Catholic bioethics institute.
Outside Italy, European churches begin guidance to halt COVID-19 spread March 11, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News Catholic churches across Europe are suspending the sign of peace during Mass in an attempt to halt the spread of coronavirus.
English Catholics to rededicate nation as ‘Mary’s Dowry’ March 5, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, World News Catholics are preparing for the historic rededication of England as “Mary’s Dowry” in the hope that it will spur the re-evangelization of their country.
Pakistani woman who fled to Canada seeks political asylum in France February 27, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, World News The Catholic mother, who spent nearly a decade on death row in Pakistan after she was falsely accused of blasphemy against Islam, wants to live closer to French writer Anne-Isabelle Tollet, who was influential in her fight for freedom and helped her to write her autobiography, “Enfin Libre” (Finally Free).
