The Catholic Church in England and Wales welcomes the Report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse relating to the institutional response of the Church in its duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. We thank the IICSA Panel for their work. The Report will now inform the ongoing reform and improvement of safeguarding in all aspects of the Church’s life.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church in England and Wales welcomes the Report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse relating to the institutional response of the Church in its duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. We thank the IICSA Panel for their work. The Report will now inform the ongoing reform and improvement of safeguarding in all aspects of the Church’s life.
Read MoreNew restrictions, announced on 31 October and set to come into force from Thursday 5 November, state that “places of worship will be closed” with exceptions for funerals, broadcast acts of worship, individual prayer, essential voluntary public services, formal childcare, and some other exempted activities. These restrictions will once again make participation in the celebration of Mass unlawful.
Read MoreIn this 8th CV Connect webinar we heard stories from our spiritual fathers and mothers in the faith, the clergy and consecrated. All our guests are men and women who have generously given their life in service to the Lord and and His Church. We want to know how, in theses extraordinary circumstances, a Seminarian, a Deacon, Religious Sisters, Priests, a Consecrated Virgin and a Bishop, have responded to the challenges and opportunities of lockdown.
Read MoreFor this CV Connect Webinar, we were joined by speaker and author Chris Stefanick (founder of Real Life Catholic). Chris is an internationally acclaimed speaker who goes around the world inviting people into a dynamic, life changing encounter with God through Jesus in His Catholic Church.
Read MoreA month ago, the system for organ donation changed from ‘opt-in’ to ‘deemed consent’, otherwise known as ‘opt-out’. The Catholic Church is a huge supporter in principle of organ donation, but this move has caused concern.
Read MoreFor this CV Connect interview, Catholic Voices interviewed Fiona O’Reilly who is Director of Global Strategy for Divine Renovation which inspires and equips parishes to be missional and through them bring people to Jesus.
Read MoreAs part of our CV Connect series, Catholic Voices interviewed Fr. Steve Grunow who is CEO of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, and is a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Read MoreIn this time of the Coronavirus pandemic we spoke to Fr Laurence Lew, a Dominican friar, Promoter General of the Holy Rosary, and Rector of London's Rosary Shrine.
Read MorePope Emeritus Benedict XVI raised eyebrows around the world when, in a letter to the Church in Poland marking the centenary of the birth of Pope St John Paul II, he pointed to what he sees as a profound thematic unity between the papacies of the Polish Pope and his Argentine successor, Pope Francis.
Read MoreIn our fourth CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Dr Austen Ivereigh, one of the leading interpreters of the Francis papacy and a British Catholic writer journalist and commentator. Austen is also one of the founders of Catholic Voices and his bestselling biography is: The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope (2015). His latest book is titled Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church (2019).
Read MoreIn recent weeks, alarming reports have emerged about how groups of vulnerable patients have been asked, via a letter or a phone call by their GP, to sign a Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) notice/order. This has resulted in justified outrage, with family members distraught at the idea their loved one is being asked to ‘sacrifice themselves’ for someone deemed more worthy of treatment, and others claiming it’s ‘legal eugenics made to sound like euthanasia’…
Read More“I’ve always been the kind of person who has a discussion about their faith, says thank you and waves goodbye… and then will spend the next two weeks thinking about how witty and convincing I could have been. I’ve listed some of the lessons I’ve learnt during my four years with Catholic Voices – may my shortcomings help you grow!”
Read MoreIn our third CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Meg Hunter-Kilmer, a cradle Catholic and revert to the Faith, who credits her reversion to a grace-filled Confession, and what she calls the supreme logic of Catholic doctrine. She has a bachelor's and a master's degree in theology from the University of Notre Dame. Five years into her career as a religion teacher she quit her job, packed up everything into the boot of her car, and then set off driving around the country as a full-time missionary. You can find out more about her at her blog Pierced Hands.
Read MoreIn our second CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Br Richard Hendrick OFMCap, author of the poem ‘Lockdown’ (a poem about the coronavirus pandemic which has been shared over 50k times). In this webinar, which took place live on Monday 30th March, Br Richard shared practical tips in the art of self isolation and how Christians should respond to this current crisis with prayer and creativity.
Read MoreIn our very first CV Connect Webinar we were joined by Fr. Conor McDonough OP. This webinar took place right after the UK went into full lockdown (23rd March) and in it Fr Conor talked about how the the Church should ‘seize the digital continent’, whether the Bishops were right in cancelling public Masses and what St Thomas Aquinas would have understood by spiritual communion.
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