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UK high court upholds puberty blockers ban due to ‘substantial risks’ for minors

July 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Staff, Jul 29, 2024 / 13:57 pm (CNA).
A United Kingdom high court judge upheld the British government’s emergency ban on puberty blockers for minors on Monday, finding the blockers carry “very substan… […]

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Ordination of English bishop-elect canceled amid unexplained ‘canonical process’

February 2, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Diocese of Plymouth in England said in a statement this week that the ordination of Plymouth Bishop-elect Christopher Whitehead “will not take place on 22 February 2024 as expected.” / Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk|Flickr|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED… […]

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Nicaraguan human rights advocate asks British Parliament to help release Bishop Álvarez

November 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 17, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
The president of the Nicaragua Freedom Foundation and former Nicaraguan presidential candidate Félix Maradiaga re… […]

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British man just convicted of killing ailing wife is released from custody 

July 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Boston, Mass., Jul 31, 2023 / 13:49 pm (CNA).
David Hunter, a 76-year-old British man who was found not guilty of murder in the killing of his ailing wife, was released from custody July 31 after it was ruled that he served … […]

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A guide to the Christian — and Catholic — symbolism in King Charles III’s coronation

May 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 12

The Imperial State Crown, Sceptre, and wreath of symbolic flowers adorn the coffin of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the gun carriage for the funeral procession, Sept. 19, 2022. / Credit: Kelly Chow/Shutterstock

St. Louis, Mo., May 5, 2… […]

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UK bishops say law criminalizing prayer outside of abortion clinics is discriminatory

March 16, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Sean Gough, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, England, faced criminal charges for praying for free speech outside an abortion clinic after business hours in violation of a strict buffer zone law in the English city of Bi… […]

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Parents of Archie Battersbee lose appeal: 12-year-old can be removed from life support, judges rule

July 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

The Court of Appeal is based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. / Anthony M. from Rome, Italy – Flickr via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

London, England, Jul 26, 2022 / 09:21 am (CNA).
The parents of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee have lost an a… […]

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A history of the “true England,” Christ-haunted to its spiritual core

March 26, 2022 Paul Senz 4

The idyllic scenes from the English countryside have long captured the imagination of many non-Englanders. We picture rolling green hills, stone walls, sheep and cows grazing in mist-covered fields, and a centuries-old church at the […]

The Dispatch

The inconsistent, beguiling thought of Boris Johnson

July 28, 2019 Joanna Bogle 5

There is a popular misconception among Catholics in Britain and the United States that a Catholic cannot become Prime Minister of Britain. In fact, this is not the case. When the various anti-Catholic laws were […]

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