General Election Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/general-election/ England and Wales Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:05:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png General Election Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/general-election/ 32 32 174395915 Cardinal congratulates new Prime Minister Keir Starmer https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-congratulates-new-prime-minister-keir-starmer/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-congratulates-new-prime-minister-keir-starmer/#respond Thu, 04 Jul 2024 23:26:23 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=93408 Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference, has offered his congratulations to new Prime Minister Keir Starmer after Labour’s election victory. Cardinal Nichols wrote to the PM to assure him of his prayers as the Labour leader forms a new government. “On behalf of the Catholic community in England and Wales I should like to congratulate […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-congratulates-new-prime-minister-keir-starmer/feed/ 0 93408 CAFOD urges Catholics to engage in UK election for the common good https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cafod-urges-catholics-to-engage-in-uk-election-for-the-common-good/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cafod-urges-catholics-to-engage-in-uk-election-for-the-common-good/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:52:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=93376 By Linda Bordoni, Vatican News British voters will head to the polls on Thursday, 4 July to vote in the country’s first general election since 2019. Analysts have said it will be one of the country’s most consequential elections since the end of World War II. In the runup to the vote, CAFOD, the Catholic […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cafod-urges-catholics-to-engage-in-uk-election-for-the-common-good/feed/ 0 93376 Bishop Paul McAleenan endorses CSAN statement on migration https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-paul-endorses-csan-statement-on-migration/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-paul-endorses-csan-statement-on-migration/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:07:19 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=93069 In celebration of Refugee Week (17th – 23rd June,) Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) has released a statement calling for politicians to uphold human dignity when considering migration policies in England and Wales. The statement, published on 13th June, encourages Catholics and the wider society to advocate for a “just and humane asylum system that […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-paul-endorses-csan-statement-on-migration/feed/ 0 93069 The challenge of climate change is urgent, bishop tells party leaders https://www.cbcew.org.uk/the-challenge-of-climate-change-is-urgent-bishop-tells-party-leaders-ahead-of-general-election/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/the-challenge-of-climate-change-is-urgent-bishop-tells-party-leaders-ahead-of-general-election/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:31:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=92797 The Lead Bishop for the Environment, Bishop John Arnold, has written to the leaders of the main political parties as they start campaigning for the 4 July election to ask them to take environmental issues seriously in their planning. Thanking the leaders for their service in public life, Bishop Arnold impressed upon them the urgent […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/the-challenge-of-climate-change-is-urgent-bishop-tells-party-leaders-ahead-of-general-election/feed/ 0 92797 CAFOD & St Vincent de Paul Society General Election guide for Catholic voters https://www.cbcew.org.uk/election24-cafod/ Fri, 31 May 2024 17:53:24 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=92607 With a UK general election having been called for 4 July, politicians are looking for our votes – and will be listening to what voters want. As Catholics, we have a responsibility to make sure political parties commit to tackle the injustices that affect our global family and to care for our common home. The […]

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]]> 92607 CSAN Statement on the General Election 2024 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/election24-csan/ Fri, 31 May 2024 17:25:18 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=92601 The Prime Minister has called a General Election to be held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 4 July 2024. This is an opportunity for the Catholic community to exercise active citizenship and contribute to the building up of God’s Kingdom of “love, justice and peace” (Gaudium et Spes, 39). The Fathers of the Second […]

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]]> 92601 Further Election Resources https://www.cbcew.org.uk/election24-further-resources/ Fri, 31 May 2024 16:27:53 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=92598 The post Further Election Resources appeared first on Catholic Bishops' Conference.

]]> 92598 Next government should support a society in which families can flourish, says Cardinal https://www.cbcew.org.uk/next-government-should-support-a-society-in-which-families-can-flourish-says-cardinal/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/next-government-should-support-a-society-in-which-families-can-flourish-says-cardinal/#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 10:15:07 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=92580 Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has recorded a message encouraging Catholics, particularly young adults, to be “willing to get involved and vote” as the opportunity to vote in a general election is a “privilege”. The Prime Minister has called a general election for Thursday, 4 July, and […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/next-government-should-support-a-society-in-which-families-can-flourish-says-cardinal/feed/ 0 92580 Domestic poverty, family life and taxation – Election 2024 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/poverty-family-tax-election24/ Thu, 23 May 2024 14:00:40 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=92349 “Political parties, for their part, must promote those things which in their judgement are required for the common good; it is never allowable to give their interests priority over the common good.”  Gaudium et Spes, The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World, adopted by the Second Vatican Council. The Lord hears the […]

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]]> 92349 Criminal Justice – Election 2024 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/criminal-justice-election24/ Thu, 23 May 2024 14:00:14 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=92327 “Justice is properly sought solely out of love for justice itself, out of respect for the victims, as a means of preventing new crimes and protecting the common good, not as an alleged outlet for personal anger. Forgiveness is precisely what enables us to pursue justice without falling into a spiral of revenge or the […]

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