A core element of the Catholic Union’s work is promoting religious freedom. This includes helping Catholics to play a full and active part in society; in the places we live, work, and study. It also involves highlighting the plight of people in other countries who face persecution on account of their faith. The Catholic Union is part of the FoRB Forum of groups and organisation committed to promoting freedom of religion or belief.
The Catholic Union has launched a new survey on people’s experiences and attitudes towards the closure of places of worship during the pandemic. The survey… Read More »Catholic Union urges people to have their say in Covid Inquiry
Three Christian groups have urged a parliamentary inquiry to investigate concerns about religious freedom in the workplace. Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights is running… Read More »Christian groups call on Parliament to tackle workplace discrimination
The Catholic Union has called on the Government’s new free speech champion to take action about “serious problems” experienced by Catholic staff and students at… Read More »Catholic Union calls on Office for Students to promote free speech
Catholic Union Deputy Director, James Somerville-Meikle, writes: I have never explored opening a Coutts account. I somehow doubt my Catholic Union salary would put me… Read More »Coutts, Catholics, and ‘cancel culture’
This week, the Catholic Union was back in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for talks about religious freedom in the workplace. Director, Nigel Parker,… Read More »Government needs to take the lead on freedom of religion at work
The Minister responsible for higher education in England has expressed his concern at the results from a recent Catholic Union survey on faith in the… Read More »Universities Minister “disappointed” by treatment of Catholics on campus
Catholic Union Deputy Director, James Somerville-Meikle, writes: A large part of the Catholic Union’s work is keeping track of developments in Westminster. But increasingly it… Read More »UN under the spotlight
Ann Widdecombe told an audience of Catholic Union members and supporters that “freedom of speech is under threat” She was speaking at the Catholic Union’s… Read More »Free speech is under threat, Ann Widdecombe tells Catholic Union
Catholic Union Deputy Director, James Somerville-Meikle, comments: My ears pricked up this week when I heard that the Government was appointing a new free speech… Read More »A new “free speech Tsar”
Director of the Catholic Union, Nigel Parker, writes: Our recent Catholic Union survey into religious freedom in the workplace revealed a worrying proportion of people who… Read More »Do you Leave your Religious Identity at Home When you Go to Work?