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Academy for Life president: Catholics can support ‘imperfect’ euthanasia law
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (522+ words) The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has argued that Catholics can support an assisted suicide law if it is an alternative to more permissive laws. Speaking to the news outlet of the Italian bishops’ conference, Archbishop Renzo Pegoraro…...
10,000 pro-lifers fill London’s streets at March for Life
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (551+ words) Undeterred by violent pro-abortion protests, over 10,000 pro-lifers took to the streets of London for the annual March for Life on Saturday, with a record 15 Catholic bishops attending. Wending through the streets of London from the Emmanuel Centre to Parliament Square,…...
Bishop Stock calls assisted dying ‘a euphemism for assisted suicide’
1+ week, 2+ day ago (621+ words) Bishop Marcus Stock of Leeds has called “assisted dying” a euphemism for assisted suicide, arguing that palliative care allows people to “properly be assisted to die with dignity.” The statement comes ahead of the second reading and vote on the…...
Cardinal Koch defends papal primacy in ecumenical work
1+ week, 3+ day ago (630+ words) One of the Vatican’s most senior prelates has defended the Church’s teaching on papal primacy, two years after his office published a document containing calls to alter the teaching in order to aid ecumenism and implement synodal governance. Cardinal Kurt…...
The Week Ahead: Assisted suicide votes, Ukraine diplomacy and the Lindsay Clancy verdict
1+ week, 5+ day ago (383+ words) The coming week will see developments on assisted suicide in Britain and Illinois, the aftermath of Archbishop Gallagher’s Moscow visit and the expected verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial. Another consequence of the debate surrounding assisted suicide has been the…...
The Week in Review: Dolly, faith, diplomacy and the fight over assisted suicide
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (683+ words) The week saw tributes to Dolly Parton, diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine and renewed opposition to assisted suicide. News of the death of American country music star Dolly Parton at the age of 80 dominated the headlines this…...
YouTuber converts, Leo says West has lost freedom and the UK bars Christian MP
2+ week, 3+ day ago (774+ words) The Catholic Herald YouTuber converts, Leo says West has lost freedom and the UK bars Christian MP This week's David Hahn Show opens with a conversion story few saw coming. Joe Schmid, a Princeton philosophy PhD student best known for…...
Scottish bishops urge Government to protect human dignity ahead of Programme
2+ week, 3+ day ago (319+ words) The bishops of Scotland have called for “human dignity and the common good” to be prioritised as the Scottish Government prepares to publish its 2026-2027 Programme for Government. The Programme, which sets out the actions the Government will take both in…...
Bishops reaffirm opposition to assisted suicide bill ahead of vote
2+ week, 5+ day ago (537+ words) Bishops across Britain have reaffirmed their opposition to assisted suicide as the September 11 second reading and vote on a bill to introduce the practice approaches. Bishop James Curry, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, echoed Prime Minister Andy Burnham in calling for…...
Why Aristotle says you should stop punching your pillow
2+ week, 6+ day ago (412+ words) In the wake of the Lindsay Clancy murder trial – a deeply tragic case involving a mother who allegedly murdered her three young children – many women have taken to the internet to post videos expressing their solidarity with Lindsay. Perhaps the…...