PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CATHOLIC UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN REGARDING THE MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) ACT JULY 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, LONDON 19th JULY 2013 The… Read More »Press Release: The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act
Members of the CU gathered in Ealing over the weekend on the anniversary of the death of their patron St Thomas More (6th July), for their annual Summer Party. In his honour a Votive Mass was celebrated by the retired Bishop Emeritus, the Right Rev’d Bishop Howard Tripp of the Archdiocese of Southwark.
It has been reported today that the US Supreme Court has overturned the “Defense of Marriage Act” (1996), which has until now denied federal benefits… Read More »US Supreme Court rules in favour of same sex marriage advocates
Polyamory involves intimate relationships between three or more people at the same time. A group of polyamorists claim the same legal status as other relationships,… Read More »Polyamory in Canada
One of the inevitable consequences of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill has now emerged. The term “husband” will in future be applied to a… Read More »Marriage Terms Mangled
21 June 2013 Proposed Scottish plans could introduce civil partnerships for heterosexual couples. These plans have been criticised as “a marriage-lite alternative”. Scotland for Marriage… Read More »Heterosexual Civil Partnerships for Scotland ?
The Parliamentary and Public Affairs Committee, (PPAC) continues to meet once a month, to look at current and important issues in the public sphere which… Read More »Spring Briefing – April 2013
During the last six months the Parliamentary and Public Affairs Committee have discussed the subjects, outlined in more detail, in the paragraphs which follow. The… Read More »Spring Briefing – April 2012
Chairman’s Announcements The 3rd Reading of the Same Sex Marriage is taking place on 20th May with an accompanying prayer vigil outside. Reference was made… Read More »Summary of the Parliamentary & Public Affairs Committee, 14th May 2013
General point The Chairman drew the Committee’s attention to a book recently published by Edward Leigh MP “Monastery of the Mind”, in which he describes… Read More »Summary of the Parliamentary & Public Affairs Committee, 12th February 2013
