Terminally ill children in Canada should be able to access assisted suicide, a new report has recommended. In the wake of a decision last February from Canada’s Supreme Court that adults suffering a “grievous and irremediable” condition should be able to access assisted suicide, a nine-member advisory panel was established to assist all Canadian provinces...
Britain’s Prince Charles has warned that the future of Christianity is under very real threat in the Middle East. The Prince of Wales made his comments during a meeting with refugees from across the Middle East hosted by Westminster’s Archbishop Vincent Nichols. “There is a very real crisis that threatens the very existence of Christianity in...
Lucinda Creighton has described as “ironic” the promise made by Taoiseach Enda Kenny to allow a free vote for members of his Fine Gael party on the abortion issue. According to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Deputy Creighton, who was expelled from Fine Gael in 2013 for defying the party whip by voting against the ‘Protection of Life during Pregnancy Act’ on...
The European Parliament has condemned the practice of surrogacy. As it adopted the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014, the Parliament approved in its entirety paragraph 114 of the document, rejecting “the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used...
Britain’s faith schools are the top performing schools in Britain, latest figures reveal. According to The Christian Institute, more than five in 10 of the highest achieving schools in the Department of Education’s league table were Catholic, Church of England, or Jewish. This is despite the fact that just one in three State-funded school in...
The Government’s Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 “fails to protect the conscience rights of medical professionals”, the Iona Institute has said. In a statement released as the Bill was due to be passed by the Oireachtas today, Iona pointed out that the legislation – which provides for patients to write a legally binding request for...
Britain’s Equality Commission has criticised a recent ban on a cinema ad featuring the Lord’s Prayer and has announced a full investigation into a matter described as “a slippery slope to censorship” Reacting to the ban, enacted late in November by the Digital Media group, which controls advertising for some 80% of cinema outlets across Britain,...
Half of Americans, including Christians, think shops and other businesses should dispense with ‘Merry Christmas’ greetings so as not to offend people of different faiths and none, a study has shown. According to the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), 49% of all Americans believe that it would be better for businesses dealing with the public to...
Prominent commentators in Britain have criticised a new report recommending a dilution of faith schools in the country. According to The Christian Institute, the report from the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life offers a range of proposals which include the end of both religious selection for faith schools and Christian assemblies,...
Senator Jim Walsh has accused the national broadcaster RTÉ of an “endemic” pro-abortion policy which “must not be allowed to continue”. Senator Walsh made his comments in the Seanad following the upholding of a complaint made to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) regarding RTÉ Radio’s Ray D’Arcy show in which the host was ruled...
