Canceling Henry VIII
Times change. A century ago, Henry VIII was lionized as an English patriotic icon and as one of the truly great men of history. He was praised for being highly cultured and for his love […]
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by bcadmin | Apr 6, 2022 | BBC, Charles Dickens, dissolution, England, Henry VIII, Jeremy Deller, News, The Dispatch, The Tudors | 0 |
Times change. A century ago, Henry VIII was lionized as an English patriotic icon and as one of the truly great men of history. He was praised for being highly cultured and for his love […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 8, 2021 | BBC, Burma, Catholic News Service, Catholic nuns, Church in Asia, Myanmar, News | 0 |
Among the Nobel laureates, politicians and professors honored by the BBC as among the 100 most influential and inspiring women of the year is a Catholic nun from rural Myanmar.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2021 | BBC, Climate change, Glasgow, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis is not going to Glasgow for the United Nations conference on climate change, but that has not dwindled his commitment to the cause, as shown with a five-minute message to the BBC calling for “radical decisions.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Archbishop Paul Gallagher, BBC, China, COP26, Environment, lead, News, Sino-Vatican dialogue, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy, Vatican-China | 0 |
A top Vatican diplomat says the environment is an issue that help the dialogue between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | BBC, Catholic Church, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, lead, Music, News, pop music | 0 |
Reflecting on Queen’s “I Want to Break Free,” the bishop of Northampton says the 1984 rock song concerns “some fundamental features of the human condition; feeling trapped, loneliness, freedom and love.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | August 2021, BBC, Catholic media, Features, Leaders, Magazine, News, The Tablet, The Universe | 0 |
The demise of the Universe, a Catholic paper with 160 years of history, is both sad in itself and telling about the condition of the Catholic media in Britain. The challenges faced by the Catholic press are several. The most practical is to do with Covid. Historically, religious papers relied on people buying copies from
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2020 | BBC, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, faith and sports, lead, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports | 0 |
One of world soccer’s most successful managers gave credit to his Catholic upbringing for preparing him for the challenges of the professional game.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 22, 2020 | BBC, Catholic Church, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
In a reflection offered to BBC Rethink, a series asking how society can change for the better after the COVID-19 crisis, Pope Francis has warned the poor have “become part of the landscape.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2020 | BBC, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic Church, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Great Britain, News, quarantine, United Kingdom | 0 |
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has called for “a bit more sensitivity from the government” when it comes to the issue of opening churches for prayer and worship, and said the way Catholics use their churches means they could be opened safely earlier than some other faith communities.
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