Catholic Union Head of Public Affairs, James Somerville-Meikle, writes: While much of the Conservative party conference was taken up with debates about what levelling up actually means – with an ever-increasing range of metaphors being used – there was space to discuss other topics as well. I had the opportunity to ask Liz Truss a […]
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Editorial: Families should be the focus of welfare spending
Catholic Union Head of Public Affairs, James Somerville-Meikle, writes: MPs and peers will be heading back to Westminster on Monday as Parliament returns from summer recess. As social distancing measures have come to an end, Parliament will look and sound much more like normal. Judging by press coverage over the past few weeks, there is […]
Catholic Union Briefing Note on Clergy Visas
Background briefing note on priests and religious workers entering the UK under current visa arrangements. Catholic Union Briefing Note – Clergy Visas
Christian Persecution: Truro Review event on 7 November
The Catholic Union Charitable Trust has organised the following meeting: Thursday 7 November at 7pm – Christian Persecution: Problems and Progress Bishop Philip Mounstephen of Truro, author of the Independent Review of FCO Support for Persecuted Christians, and Rehman Chishti MP, Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, discuss the persecution of Christians four […]
Catholic Union calls for Action on Religious Persecution
The Catholic Union has called on the Government to waste no time in implementing the recommendations of a report into Christian persecution. For more details please click the link below: Catholic Union calls for action on Religious Persecution Web
Report on Patrick Grady MP’s talk to the Catholic Union – 12 June 2019
Patrick Grady MP, Chief Whip of the SNP, gave an excellent talk to around 50 members of the Catholic Union and others in Parliament on Wednesday 12 June on the topic of “Catholicism and Public Life in Scotland”. A full report of the evening is available courtesy of Independent Catholic News (ICN) at this link: […]
Frank Steiner RIP
Older members may remember Frank Steiner KSG, a former Chairman of the Parliamentary and Public Affairs Committee (PPAC) who died peacefully on 24 February 2019 at the age of 96. According to his obituary in The Guardian, he was a Catholic from a Jewish family and a refugee from Austria who came to Britain on […]
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