14+ hour, 42+ min ago  (106+ words) Following the fall of the Leadbeater Assisted Dying Bill, fresh bids to introduce an assisted dying law in England and Wales are anticipated. Any new law would likely pressure NHS staff to be involved and offer even less protection to…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago  (266+ words) St Francis preaches to the birds - Giotto. Wiki Image Laudato Si' Week runs from May 17 to 24. As he prayed the Regina Caeli on Sunday, Pope Leo noted that the annual event celebrating the anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical on care…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (497+ words) The Catholic Church marked the 60th World Day of Social Communications on Sunday, May 17. Speaking at the Regina Caeli prayer, with pilgrims in St Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV recalled the World Day and encouraged everyone to promote forms of communication…...

12+ hour, 39+ min ago  (118+ words) Bishop Martin Hayes Image CCO archive "To quote Pope Leo XIV at the 'Raising Hope for Climate Justice' conference in Castel Gandolfo, held near Rome, last October, to celebrate the first decade of the encyclical's publication, 'The challenges identified in…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago  (226+ words) Brumadinho Dam, Brazil - toxic sludge covered homes, farmland, livestock and people. Spring is the season of mining company Annual General Meetings (AGMs) in London, when shareholders gather to hear from Boards of Directors about how much money they have made…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (172+ words) The Day for Life Fund provides financial assistance each year to organisations working to support the Church's mission to protect human life from conception to natural death. These include but are not limited to: Start of life; End of life;…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (503+ words) Pope Leo XIV has approved the creation of an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence in a rescript dated May 12 and released on Saturday 16 May. The document was signed by Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (564+ words) Source: Aid to the Church in Need An urgent call for the Church worldwide to redouble efforts to stand in solidarity with the faithful of the Holy Land has come after the latest outbreak of violence in Jerusalem. Palestinian Christians…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (588+ words) Source: Peace Pledge Union Today, a coalition of British peace organisations is launching a new petition calling on the UK government to rule out military conscription, or any form of compulsory national service involving the armed forces. The petition, organised…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (699+ words) Palestinians expelled from Galilee by Israel during the Nakba 1948 - Wiki Image A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel In these turbulent times. May 14 commemorates the end of the British Mandate…...