Posted on 06 April 2017 08:44
The prophetic words of John Paul II
It's a real wake up call. Jesus is losing his influence in Europe. Christianity is dying out.
We've known for some time now that Christianity is on the decline in Europe, but recent data released by thePew Research Centerreveals just how stark that decline is.
Indeed, it is the only decline in any religion in any part of the world between 2010 and 2015. But for Christianity's decline in Europe, every religion across all continents witnessed an increase in numbers, including Christianity itself, which is growing rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
During the season of Lent, a number of people will gather outside four hospitals in Scotland in quiet, prayerful vigil to stand up for the inherent dignity and value of human life. The 40 Days for Life vigils will be held outside the grounds of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, the Royal Infirmaries in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and Ninewells in Dundee. It is peaceful, it is calm, and there is certainly no aggression or scare tactics adopted, despite what the mainstream media try to portray.
Vice President Mike Pence tells pro-life campaigners that 'life is winning' in America
Posted on 27 January 2017 20:44
Mike Pence at March for Life
TodayVice President Mike Pencespoke to hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates gathered for the annual March for Life on the National Mall. He is the first Vice President to address the March in person. Counselor to the PresidentKellyanne Conwayalso spoke at today's March.
Vice President Pence'sremarks reflected his deep roots in the pro-life movement and the Trump-Pence Administration's commitments to the right to life cause:
"Today, because of all of you and the many thousands who stand with us in marches like this all across the nation, life is winning again in America.
Pope's message for 50th World Day of Peace
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Pope Francis asks "God to help all of us to cultivate nonviolence in our most personal thoughts and values."
Read the entire message here: https://zenit.org/articles/popes-message-for-50th-world-day-of-peace/
Catholic Church announces appointment of Baroness Helen Liddell as Chair of Independent Review Group
Baroness Liddell and Archbishop Philip Tartaglia
The Bishops' Conference of Scotland has today announced that Baroness Helen Liddell will be the first ever Chair of the Independent Review Group (IRG) an autonomous body, which will function separately from the Church and which will review safeguarding standards and carry out independent audits.
Announcing the appointment, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, President of the Bishops' Conference said: "I am most grateful to Baroness Liddell for agreeing to become the first Chair of the Independent Review Group, which will review and audit the Catholic Church's Safeguarding work.
Pope Francis claims gender theory is the 'great enemy of marriage today'
Posted on 06 October 2016 10:03
Pope Francis has spoken out against the theory of gender, something he has stated as being the "great enemy of marriage today". The pope, speaking to a group of religious men and women in Tbilisi, Georgia, said: "Today, there is a global war trying to destroy marriage…they don't destroy it with weapons, but with ideas. It's certain ideological ways of thinking that are destroying it…we have to defend ourselves from ideological colonisation."
The pontiff has often spoken about ideological colonisation and gender theory and the dangers they pose to society.
Pope Francis supports defence of family life in Mexico
Posted on 27 September 2016 14:35
Pope Francis has spoken openly about his support for the Mexican bishops who, along with millions of people, have taken to the streets to protest against the legalisation of same-sex marriage and the serious threat it poses to family life.
The pope said: "I am very happy to associate myself with the bishops of Mexico, in supporting the commitment of the Church and of civil society in favour of the family and of life, which in this time require special pastoral and cultural attention in all the world."
Truth is the essential pre-condition to democracy, writes George Weigel
George Weigel, the Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, has claimed that democracy is likely to become brittle, crack and fail unless society consists of "men and women committed to the dignity of the human person as the first principle of just governance and dedicated to the pursuit of the common good."
Weigel, in response to the assertion that those who believe that truths about the human person and human community are essential to democracy are actually on an authoritarian mission, says: "it is the radical moral relativists for whom there is no "truth," but only expressions of personal preference and will, who are busily enforcing their judgments on society in the name of "tolerance".
Bishops call for 'decisive and courageous steps' towards nuclear disarmament
Posted on 12 July 2016 12:57
The eight Catholic Bishops of Scotland
Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Scotland on nuclear weapons:
The Bishops of Scotland have for a long time pointed out the immorality of the use of strategic nuclear weapons due to the indiscriminate destruction of innocent human life that their use would cause.
The renewal of Trident is questioned not just by those concerned with the morality of nuclear weapons themselves but also by those concerned about the use of scarce financial resources.
Lives are being lost now because money that could be spent on the needy and the poor is tied up in nuclear arsenals.
Jo Cox death should herald a turning point in public/political relations
Posted on 20 June 2016 15:43
Jo Cox in the House of Commons
The death of Labour MP Jo Cox has shocked not only the world of politics in which she worked, but also the British nation as a whole. The horror of what happened in the town of Birstall last Thursday will be a permanent scar for the MP's family and is something they will have to live with for the rest of their lives.
But what does it mean for the relationship between MPs and the general public? Scottish Secretary David Mundell, who has himself received death threats, lamented the influence of social media in relations between the public and MPs, criticising the "vitriol" that is often expressed towards politicians.