A teacher at a Catholic school in New Jersey, USA, has caved into pressure from LGBT activists by suspending her from her job at the school after she defended traditional marriage on her Facebook page. Patricia Jannuzzi, a teacher at the Immaculata School in Somerville, drew fire when she accused gay activists wanting to “reengineer western...
The Catholic bishops of Virgina, USA, have voiced their support for Catholic groups which have backed out of the annual St Patrick’s Day parade in the city of Norfolk following the naming, as grand marshal, of the state’s pro-abortion and pro-same-sex marriage Governor Terry McAuliffe. Despite his stance on these issues, Governor McAuliffe was chosen for...
The Catholic Church in Ireland has issued new guidelines on inclusion for schools under its management. Seeking to respond to the state’s Forum on Patronage and Pluralism, which was established to examine primary schooling in modern Ireland, the Church’s Catholic Schools Partnership launched ‘Catholic Primary Schools in a Changing Ireland: Sharing Good Practice on the...
Christians in the UK are afraid to speak openly in work about their faith for fear of ridicule by colleagues, a study by the country’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found. In a study conducted among 2,500 people of all faiths and none on the topics of religion and the workplace, the EHRC...
Truly pluralistic and democratic nations should enshrine conscientious objection in law, a conference of Catholic legal advisors has stated. Over the course of a three-day meeting in Slovakia of advisors to Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of some 20 European countries, delegates discussed both the idea of conscientious objection and argued for its maintenance by States Noting...
Doctors in the Canadian province of Ontario will be forced to refer patients for abortions, contraception and other treatments regardless of conscientious objections following a ruling by the region’s College of Physicians. Following a 21-3 vote, surgeons of the Ontario College of Physicians adopted the new policy on patient care, with one supporter stating it...
Ireland’s bishops have warned that passage of the same-sex referendum will “make it increasingly difficult” for people of faith to speak of their deeply held belief of marriage as that between a man and a woman. The statement was presented by Archbishops Eamon Martin and Diarmuid Martin as the spring quarterly meeting of the Irish...
Couples who marry before starting a family are far more likely to stay together than those marrying or cohabiting after the birth of a child, according to new research carried out in the UK by the Marriage Foundation. Tracking the changes in tens of thousands of British homes over time, the Marriage Foundation analysed a...
Russia has reversed its abortion trend to witness a five-fold decrease in terminations in 25 years, according to a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, from four million a year down to 700,000 annually. In an interview, Alexey Komov, a member of the Family Commission of the Orthodox Church as well as the advocacy group...
Places at Catholic secondary schools in the UK continue to be hugely popular, with newly available figures showing record applications by students. According to the data released this week, tens of thousands of applicants have made Catholic secondary schools their first choice, creating fierce competition among pupils progressing from the primary education sector. By way...
