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Government Admits It Has Miscalculated Abortion Cost
BY SIMON CALDWELL THE GOVERNMENT has admitted for the first time that it has massively miscalculated the amount of taxpayers’ money it is spending on abortion in private......
Bishop Hine Celebrates Historic Mass In Dover
FOR THE first time since the Reformation a Catholic bishop has celebrated Mass in an Anglican church in Dover. Auxiliary Bishop John Hine of Southwark celebrated the Mass at St......
Bishop John Jukes Dies After 60 Years Of Priestly Service
BY ED WEST BISHOP John Jukes, who served the Diocese of Southwark for 20 years and the Church as a priest for nearly 60, has died aged 88. Born in Eltham, south-east London, in......
Parishes Start Using New Roman Missal On Sunday
BISHOP Arthur Roche of Leeds has said he hopes the new translation of the Roman Missal will lead to “renewed appreciation” of the Mass. He made the statement as parishes in......
Couple Testify In Lawrence Case
A CATHOLIC couple prayed for the teenager Stephen Lawrence as he lay dying in their arms, a court heard last week. Testifying in the murder trial of the black teenager, Conor......
Conman Poses As A Bishop
A CONMAN has been phoning priests, headteachers and lay Catholics pretending to be a stranded bishop and asking for money. The conman, who purports to be Bishop Joseph......
Ciel Uk Meets At The Oratory
CIEL UK , a society dedicated to the traditional liturgy, held its annual Mass, a sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form, in honour of St Elizabeth of Hungary at the London Oratory......
El Salvador Honours Romero Trust
THE ARCHBISHOP Romero Trust has been recognised as an “Amigo de El Salvador” at a reception hosted by the country’s ambassador in London.......
Bishop: Occupy Protests Open Up Necessary Debate
BY MADELEINE TEAHAN AUXILIARY BISHOP David McGough of Birmingham has said that the worldwide Occupy protests highlight a necessary debate about the distribution of wealth.......
Vatican Newspaper: Shakespeare Was Catholic
BY SARAH DELANEY THERE IS “little doubt” that William Shakespeare was a Catholic who was forced to hide his faith in Protestant England while leaving hints about it throughout......
Bishop Of Portsmouth Marks 75th Birthday
BY ED WEST BISHOP Crispian Hollis has said that his years as Bishop of Portsmouth have been the happiest of his life at a Mass to celebrate his 75th birthday. At a packed St......