Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/03/11
Thousands of people greeted the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux on their arrival in Jerusalem yesterday. Caritas Japan is preparing to open an emergency centre to coordinate humanitarian operations in...
View ArticleWhat would Amnesty’s Catholic founder think of AI now?
I noted an item of some significance in CFNews for 12th August: a statement from the news agency C-Fam, by reporter Elizabeth Charnowski, about Amnesty International (AI). As readers will doubtless...
View ArticleUgandan bishops reserve judgment on new anti-gay law
Uganda’s Catholic bishops reaffirmed their opposition to homosexuality, but reserved judgment on a recently ratified bill imposing harsh punishment for homosexual acts in the East African nation. “Our...
View Article‘The bodies lay on top of one another’
The horror began just after midnight on December 3 1984. White vapour streamed into the air at a pesticides factory in the Indian city of Bhopal. The gas formed a dense fog that swept through...
View ArticleAbortion law to be devolved to Scotland
Scotland is to take control of its abortion laws following an announcement yesterday. Scottish Secretary David Mundell told the Scottish affairs committee in the House of Commons that he could “not see...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 21/10/15
Pope Francis urged Catholics to “pray that the Church will uphold and strengthen the promise of the family” in his address at today’s general audience. Russian airstrikes in Syria are creating a...
View ArticleAmnesty’s pro-abortion campaign is disingenuous and anti-Catholic, say critics
Amnesty International has launched a video campaign, calling for the decriminalisation of abortion in Ireland, which has been described by some as anti-Catholic. The video, uses actor Liam Neeson’s...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 10/06/16
Hooded vandals have looted a Catholic church in the Chilean capital Santiago. A Catholic parish in northern Italy is hosting and feeding Muslim refugees. Catholics schools in Ireland are coming under...
View ArticleAmnesty International Ireland refuses to pay back illegal cash linked to...
Amnesty was told to pay back €137,000 from George Soros's Open Societies Foundation as the grant breaks electoral law
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