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Cheshire parent launches PSHE resources

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Simon Caldwell meets Louise Kirk, a mother of four children who is determined to see the rights of parents upheld in the classroom. Sadly, it is becoming clear that parents must take an active interest in sex education policies of [...]

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Ordinariate to be erected in Australia

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The Vatican will next month establish a personal ordinariate in Australia. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross will be launched on June 15 to allow the group reception of Anglicans into the Catholic Church. It will [...]

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US Cardinal ‘saddened’ by President’s support for same-sex marriage

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U.S. President Barack Obama’s support for the redefinition of marriage to include same sex couples has been severely criticised by the spiritual leader of about 60 million Catholics in America. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the United States Conference of [...]

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Bishops pay tribute to Phyllis Bowman

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The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have paid tribute to a distinguished pro-life campaigner who died earlier this week. The Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, issued a statement of condolence following the death of Phyllis Bowman, [...]

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Lord Alton of Liverpool: ‘What Price Faith?’

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The full text of the 2012 Tyburn Lecture delivered by Lord Alton in Tyburn Convent, London, on Wednesday May 9: The prophet Isaiah reminds us that you should never forget “the rock from which you are hewn.” And in the [...]

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Assisted suicide law will force chemists from their jobs, says Wirral pharmacist

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Conscientious chemists will be forced to quit their profession if laws against assisted suicide and euthanasia are relaxed any further, a Catholic pharmacist from Wirral has said. Rosemary Baker of Hoylake warned pharmacists that they could be ostracised and ultimately [...]

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