Category: UK government

UK Catholic agencies disappointed in decision to keep cuts to foreign aid

by bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | CAFOD, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, lead, News, SCIAF, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |

Catholic international aid agencies in the UK say the British government’s announcement that it wouldn’t restore the overseas aid budget target to 0.7 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) is disappointing.

Christian Aid calls on UK government to do more to tackle East Africa food crisis

by bcadmin | Oct 18, 2022 | Africa, Christian Aid, Church in Africa, famine, lead, News, UK government, World hunger | 0 |

A new report backed by two UN bodies, the World Food Program (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has warned that as many as 50 million people in Eastern Africa will face acute food insecurity this year.

Church leaders: Moving British Embassy to Jerusalem ‘counterproductive’

by bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Great Britain, Israel, Israel embassy, Jerusalem, News, Palestine, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |

Christian patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem noted “with grave concern” British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s call for her government to review moving the British Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Scottish archbishop: It’s ‘immoral’ not to keep benefits in line with inflation

by bcadmin | Oct 10, 2022 | Bishop William Nolan, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, lead, News, Scotland, Scottish bishops, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |

Archbishop William Nolan of Glasgow says it is “immoral” for the government not to keep not raise the level of benefits in line with inflation.

Northern Irish bishops call UK budget ‘unjust distribution of resources’

by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Church in UK and Ireland, Irish bishops, lead, News, Northern Ireland, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |

Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland are calling on the government to do more to tackle the cost-of-living crisis hitting the UK.

English cardinal calls on new prime minister to tackle cost-of-living crisis

by bcadmin | Sep 6, 2022 | Church in UK and Ireland, conservatives, Great Britain, lead, News, UK government, UK Parliament, United Kingdom | 0 |

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, the head of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, urged the UK’s new prime minister to tackle the nation’s ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

UK bishop: Lack of clear moral compass led to prime minister’s downfall

by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Bishop Philip Egan, Boris Johnson, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, News, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |

Boris Johnson’s lack of “a clear moral compass” was the underlying cause of his downfall, a Catholic bishop said.

UK sanctions Russian Orthodox head; decries forced adoption

by bcadmin | Jun 16, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, News, Patriarch Kirill, sanctions, UK government, Ukraine Crisis, United Kingdom | 0 |

Britain announced a new round of sanctions Thursday against Russia, targeting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church for his prominent support for the war in Ukraine.

Bishops say UK punishes asylum-seekers by sending them to Rwanda

by bcadmin | May 10, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, immigrants and refugees, News, Rwanda, UK government | 0 |

The UK government is unfairly punishing English Channel migrants for the crimes of human traffickers by sending the migrants to Rwanda to have asylum applications processed, said the English and Welsh bishops.

Refugee groups warn UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme open to abuse by human traffickers

by bcadmin | Mar 29, 2022 | Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, migrants and refugees, News, UK government, Ukraine Crisis, United Kingdom | 0 |

Refugee advocacy groups are warning that the United Kingdom’s resettlement program for Ukrainian refugees is susceptible for abuse by human traffickers.

NIreland’s top prelates say UK should waive visas for Ukrainian refugees

by bcadmin | Mar 17, 2022 | Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archdiocese of Armagh, Asylum seekers, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, lead, News, Northern Ireland, UK government, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, United Kingdom | 0 |

Northern Ireland’s top Catholic and Anglican prelates are calling on the UK government to do more to help Ukrainian refugees.

English cardinal calls on UK government to accept more Ukrainian refugees

by bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Asylum seekers, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, lead, London, migrants and refugees, News, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols is calling on the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to allow Ukrainian refugees “to enter the UK as quickly as possible.”