Europe must tackle structural causes of crisis, says bishops' commission
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England Europe must agree on shared financial and social policies to offset the risk of another crisis that almost saw Greece quit the eurozone, said a...
View ArticleSome priests organize rescues, others trapped in northern England floods
Simon Caldwell Eco Catholic Manchester, England Eco Catholic: One Catholic priest organized a rescue while another found himself in need of rescuing, as floods ravaged the north of England.
View ArticleBioethics center says Britain moving toward genetically modified babies
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England A Catholic bioethics institute has accused the British government of moving toward creation of genetically modified babies after scientists...
View ArticleEuropean bishops welcome EU classification of Islamic State 'genocide'
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England The Commission of the Bishops' Conference of the European Community welcomed a move by the European Parliament to classify atrocities and...
View ArticleCardinal: Catholics must protest migration policies when kids are at risk
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England Catholics should protest against immigration policies that could put the lives of children at risk, said Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster.
View ArticleDutch cardinal says papal encyclical on gender theory might be needed
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Oxford, England Gender Theory: Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, said a papal encyclical or other magisterial document "might appear to be necessary"...
View ArticleCardinal urges U.K. to review plan to limit unaccompanied child refugees
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England The president of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has asked the British government to review its decision to limit the number of...
View ArticleSouth Sudan bishops condemn atrocities, appeal for help to prevent famine
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England South Sudan's Catholic bishops asked for the world's help to prevent mass starvation that threatens the lives of more than 5 million people.
View ArticleU.K. church leaders: Pharmacists could be forced to dispense lethal drugs
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England The Catholic Church has predicted that British pharmacists could be forced to dispense lethal drugs under plans to prohibit conscientious...
View ArticleReaction mixed to EU ruling on religious symbols in workplace
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England Religious leaders have criticized a ruling by the European Union's highest court that could allow employers to prohibit staff from wearing...
View ArticleCongolese priest: Demand for cellphone metals thwarts efforts to end war
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England An African priest said that global demand for metallic ores used in cellphones is thwarting efforts to end war and violence in Congo.
View ArticleBelgian brothers to allow euthanasia for nonterminal psych patients
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England A group of psychiatric care centers run by a Catholic religious order in Belgium has announced it will permit doctors to undertake the...
View ArticleVatican launches Belgium euthanasia investigation
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England The Vatican is investigating the decision of a group of psychiatric care centers run by a Catholic religious order in Belgium to permit doctors...
View ArticleBishops put U.K.'s future at top of list of election issues
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England The bishops of England and Wales have put the post-Brexit future of the United Kingdom at the top of a list of priority issues for Catholic...
View ArticlePope, English church leaders offer prayers after Manchester Arena attack
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded after an explosion the evening of May 22 at the concert venue. Authorities said it was...
View ArticleEnglish archbishop offers prayers, sympathy for victims of London attack
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark, the archdiocese that covers London south of the River Thames, offered prayers for the victims and...
View ArticleU.K. pharmacy regulator abandons proposal to strip conscience protections
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Manchester, England Britain's pharmacy regulator has declared that Catholic pharmacists should not be forced to dispense lethal drugs against their consciences.
View ArticleSyriac Christian artist calls paintings of war 'a cry for help'
Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Lancaster, England Eleven works inspired by the Syrian war being shown in the Catholic cathedrals of northwest England and Wales in an exhibition called "Portraits...
View ArticleBritish baby Charlie Gard dies in hospice care
by Simon Caldwell by Catholic News Service Manchester, England Charlie, who would have turned 1 year old Aug. 4, had been transferred to a hospice for palliative care after Yates and his father, Chris...
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Pope tells Belgian Brothers of Charity no more euthanasia for patients
Manchester, England 20170503T1007-601-CNS-BELGIUM-EUTHANASIA-BROTHERS.jpg Activists of the collective Yellow Safety Jacket take part in an anti-euthanasia protest Feb. 11, 2014, in Brussels. A group...
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