Members of Britain’s Parliament have given their backing to a plan for fast-tracked legislation to outlaw gender-based abortion which normally targets female foetuses. Amid debate and uncertainty on the issue of gender-based terminations under the terms of current legislation, specifically the 1967 Abortion Act, 73 MPs have supported a proposed amedment to the Serious crime...
Pope Francis has stressed the importance of families and warned of attempts at its “ideological colonisation”, during his official trip to The Philippines. Over the course of his five-day trip to the country, the Pontiff spoke, in three different addresses, of modern threats to family life and the pressing need to defend the institution. “Every...
In another example of the growing pressure on people who believe in traditional marriage, a magistrate in Britain has been reprimanded for stating his belief that children are best raised by a mother and a father. It was during a hearing to decide an adoption case that Richard Page, a Christian, stated his belief in...
Girls as young as 10 have received contraceptive implants in Britain, it has been revealed. According to a report carried by the Daily Mail three of the recipients were aged just 10 years. A further 53 girls, aged 12, also received an implant, as did 281 13-year-olds, 3,000 aged 14 and 6,300 aged 15. The...
Pope Francis has defended the principle of freedom of speech, but said that it shouldn’t be abused to “provoke” or “insult” other people’s faith. Speaking to journalists aboard the papal plane on his way to the Phillippines, the Pope unequivocally condemned the murder of journalists working for French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, but said that...
A baby boy in Britain who survived a late-term abortion has been described as a “little miracle” by a judge. The unnamed child, referred to as ‘A’ during a custody case at the Family Court in East London, is now 16 months old, having survived a termination at 26 weeks when doctors moved to save...
The Irish Government is set to tackle the cost of childcare in Ireland, according to The Irish Independent. It says that Minister for Health and Children, Dr James O’Reilly is set to establish a seven-department committee to examine ways in which Ireland can better target its €260 million spend on childcare. However, there will be concerns that funding child-care will...
An expert on education in Ireland has expressed his shock at a suggestion that Catholic schools face funding cuts if the handover of Catholic Church schools by the bishops to other patrons is not speeded up. Reacting to recent comments around the rate of handover, Dr John Murray of the Mater Dei Institute, who is...
The Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Eamon Martin, has accused Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister of “excluding” pro-life arguments from his consultation on legislating for abortion in cases of children with life-limiting conditions. Minister David Ford, an Alliance Member of the Local Assembly (MLA), has recommended that the law should be changed to allow such children...
Efforts to see assisted suicide introduced in Britain will continue even if a Bill currently before parliament falls next week, anti-euthanasia campaigners have warned. Speaking ahead of a second committee stage of the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords on January 16, campaigners expect that the proposed legislation will fall foul of the...
