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Bishop: Don’t Be Fixated With Single Issues
BY ED WEST BISHOP Kieran Conry of Arundel and Brighton has told Catholics not to get “fixated” with issues such as the liturgy and contraception. In a pastoral letter read out......
State Appeals Abortion Ruling
BY ED WEST THE GOVERNMENT has appealed against a decision to force it to reveal statistical information on late-term abortions. The Department of Health is taking its own......
Trust: Balls Ignored Consultation
BY ED WEST THE GOVERNmENT ignored the results of its public consultation into sex education for children before pressing ahead with its proposals against parents’ wishes, it has......
Bishop Yearns For A Pope Who Might Ordain Woman
BY ED WEST AN IRISH BISHOP has openly challenged the ban on the priestly ordination of women. Bishop Willie Walsh of Killaloe, in the south-west of the country, was addressing......
Lords Back Free Speech Clause In Gay Hatred Law
BY BRIGITTE ISTIN THE HOUSE OF Lords has voted to retain a “free speech” clause in laws designed to prevent attacks on gay people. The clause was inserted by Conservative peer......