Catholic guilt is secret of my success, says Arsene Wenger: Football manager credits his devoutly religious upbringing while working in family bistro for instilling his legendary work ethic Working in the family bistro in Duttlenheim village near Strasbourg, also helped Says deep Catholic faith dominated almost every aspect of his formative years He was so … Read more
England’s Catholic Church has strongly criticised the Government for banning communal worship in the country’s new lockdown, saying such gatherings have been a great help to the nation’s wellbeing throughout the pandemic. Most religious services are banned under winter lockdown restrictions expected to last throughout November, which were announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on … Read more
A British-born Italian teenager who dedicated his short life to spreading the faith online and helping the poor will be beatified by the Catholic Church today. That leaves him just one miracle away from becoming the world’s first millennial saint. Internet and computer-mad youngster Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, was … Read more
Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds had their son Wilfred christened a Catholic, the largest Catholic cathedral in England and Wales has confirmed. Westminster Cathedral said the couple had their four-month-old son baptised there in a ceremony on September 12 by Father Daniel Humphreys. It is understood the christening was a small ceremony held … Read more
Hidden evidence of an English family’s hidden Catholic worship that could have condemned them to death has been discovered in a National Trust property. More than two thousand artefacts owned by the historic Bedingfeld family have been uncovered under the attic floorboards at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk. Books, manuscripts and musical scores that appear to … Read more
Catholic priest who told congregants ‘not to be afraid’ of coronavirus tests positive and more than 250 people who attended his Washington D.C. church are told to quarantine Monsignor Charles Pope of Holy Comforter St. Cyprian Church tested positive for COVID-19 on July 27 More than 250 people who came into contact with the priest … Read more
A Catholic priest was allegedly ‘pressured’ into holding a wedding for a young couple at a Welsh church amid lockdown, with one guest saying ‘coronavirus won’t stop us having a party’. Father Sebastian Jones performed a wedding service for a young couple at St Alban-on-the-Moors in Splott, Cardiff on May 12, after the parents ‘insisted that … Read more
Thousands marched in Bosnia on Saturday to protest against a Mass being held to honour Croatia’s Nazi collaborators and civilians killed after World War II. The annual service, usually held in Austria at the site of the Croatian regime’s last stand, was moved to Sarajevo because of coronavirus restrictions in Austria. Croatian groups gather each … Read more
Bishops plan to safely reopen Catholic churches in Scotland in bid to ease ‘painful and difficult’ coronavirus restrictions on worshippers Bishops are forming a working group to examine ways of limiting infections They want to form a plan to allow worshippers to return ‘early and safely’ Bishop Hugh Gilbert said that the coronavirus impact is … Read more