With Parliament on Easter recess, the Catholic Union has taken the opportunity to update our supporters in both Houses of Parliament on our recent work.… Read More »Catholic Union updates MPs and peers on recent work
The Chair of the UK’s independent Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, has said we have “been careless with God’s creation” and have moral responsibility to act on climate change.
The Conservative peer and former Environment Secretary made his remarks in a webinar hosted by the Catholic Union on the Gospel imperative for tackling climate change.
Read More »‘Moral responsibility’ to tackle climate change, says Lord Deben
The Scottish Court of Session ruled in favour of those who challenged the legality of the Scottish Government’s ban on public worship during the national lockdown in Scotland this year.
A coalition of 27 faith leaders, alongside Canon Tom White, challenged the proportionality of the ban in a legal action that was heard in the Scottish Court of Session on March 11 – 12.
Read More »The Kirk and the Court: Why Scottish church closures were unlawful
The Catholic Union has said that Britain can and should be a force for good in the world in its response to the Government’s Integrated Review of security, defence, development, and foreign policy.
The report – entitled Global Britain in a Competitive Age – sets out the challenges likely to confront the UK over the next decade and how the Government plans to respond.
The Catholic Union called for a focus on promoting fundamental human rights at home and abroad in evidence to the review last year to avoid the concept of human rights being diluted.
Read More »Britain can be a force for good, says Catholic Union
Following the Chancellor’s Budget statement on 3 March, the Catholic Union has issued the statement below.
Read More »Catholic Union warns of “poverty cliff edge” from Budget
“Climate Change – The Gospel Imperative” The Catholic Union is hosting a webinar with The Rt Hon Lord Deben (John Selwyn Gummer) on the… Read More »Webinar: Lord Deben, 23 March 2021 at 6.30pm
The Catholic Union has called for churches across Scotland to be open in time for Easter.
In a letter to Nicola Sturgeon, Catholic Union President Sir Edward Leigh, called for a commitment that churches in Scotland will be allowed to open for Easter at the latest and urged Scotland’s First Minister to set out guidance on this as soon as possible.
Nicola Sturgeon set out Scotland’s route map out of a lockdown on Tuesday 23 February. In her statement to MSPs, she said her hope was to see places of worship in Scotland reopen on Monday 5 April “or possibly a few days earlier.” Easter Sunday this year falls on 4 April.
Read More »Catholic Union calls for clarity on Scottish church openings
WEBINAR Theology and the Scandals of Abuse Fr Michael Holman SJ Thursday 25 February at 6.30pm Online event – Zoom link to be circulated shortly… Read More »Webinar: Theology and the Scandals of Abuse
The Catholic Union has warned that freedom of expression is under threat from an increasing failure to accept the legitimacy of different views in society.
It follows the Catholic Union submitting evidence to the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on a wide range of matters concerning freedom of expression.
The JCHR is conducting an inquiry into freedom of expression, which includes possible changes to hate speech law, behaviour on social media, and the use of Public Space Protection Orders.
Read More »“Freedom of expression for believers is under threat” warns Catholic Union
Seven Catholic commentators appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day in 2020. Research from the Catholic Union has found that out of… Read More »BBC Watch: Catholics on Thought for the Day
