The Department for Social Justice of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has published a document on taxation called Render Unto Caesar. It offers perspectives on taxation from Catholic social thought and teaching. Read more.
The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Bernard Longley, the Archbishop of Birmingham, to two Vatican Dicasteries. The Archbishop will serve as a member of both the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Read more.
Bishop Nicholas Hudson and Bishop Jim Curry, the bishops of the Department for International Affairs, and the bishops for the Holy Land Co-Ordination, at the bishops’ conference, have released a statement following recent events between Israel, Iran and the US.
In it they “welcome the recent de-escalation” and “pray for the preservation of a stable and lasting ceasefire in the region”. Read more.
On Friday 20 June, Cardinal Vincent Nichols issued the following response after the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons by just 23 votes:
“The vote in the House of Commons in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is a watershed moment in the history of our country. It fundamentally changes society’s long held values and relationships on matters of life and death.” Read more.
The Day for Life Fund provides financial assistance each year to organisations working to support the Church’s mission to protect human life from conception to natural death. Find out more.
The Lead Bishop for the Holy Land for the Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Jim Curry, has echoed Pope Leo XIV’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza:
“This is a humanitarian disaster. Desperately needed aid supplies must be allowed into Gaza to be urgently distributed to civilians. The human cost is intolerably high with tens of thousands of weary, regularly displaced people threatened with starvation. We need an immediate ceasefire to end the suffering.” Read more.
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