Category: Bishops Conference of England and Wales

UK inquiry calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse, with no exceptions for sacramental confession

by bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, confession, Great Britain, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), lead, News, Seal of Confession, sexual abuse of minors, United Kingdom | 0 |

A government-established inquiry into sexual abuse says priests should be legally required to report abuse, even if it means violating the seal of confession.

Cardinal prays at queen’s funeral, signaling Charles’ openness to dialogue

by bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, Church of England, Great Britain, lead, News, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom | 0 |

An English cardinal took part in the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in an indication of openness of the British Royal family to ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.

UK bishop supports effort to end two-child limit for welfare payments

by bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, children, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, lead, News, UK Parliament, United Kingdom | 0 |

A proposal to end the two-child limit for the UK’s Universal Credit is being praised as an attempt to end an “obvious and egregious form of discrimination against larger families.”

Catholic, Anglican bishops calls UK policy forcing refugees to Rwanda ‘shameful’

by bcadmin | Jun 14, 2022 | Asylum seekers, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Church of England, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, lead, News, Rwanda, United Kingdom | 0 |

On the same day the UK planned to start deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, the bishops of England and Wales reiterated its belief that the policy is “shameful.”

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.

UK bishop criticizes plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, lead, News, Rwanda, United Kingdom | 0 |

Britain’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are at odds with the Scriptures, according to the English bishops’ conference’s point man on immigration.

English police to allow priests to give last rites at crime scenes

by bcadmin | Apr 4, 2022 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic News Service, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, England, Great Britain, lead, News, Sacraments, United Kingdom | 0 |

Police in England have produced national guidelines to allow priests to give last rites to Catholics dying at crime scenes.

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.”

English bishops to government: Help end the war, help Ukrainian refugees

by bcadmin | Mar 2, 2022 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, News, UK government, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, United Kingdom | 0 |

Eight Catholic bishops in England — including a Ukrainian Catholic bishop — have asked the British government to work for a swift resolution of the war in Ukraine and to act to help refugees from the conflict.

With majority vaccinated, restrictions removed in English, Welsh churches

by bcadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic News Service, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Great Britain, News, United Kingdom | 0 |

Catholic officials in England and Wales are scrapping restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19.

English cardinal: Don’t close churches again over COVID

by bcadmin | Dec 27, 2021 | Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19 pandemic, England, lead, News, United Kingdom | 0 |

As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to be briefed on Omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has pleaded with the government not to close churches if restrictions are reimposed in England.

Pope laments English Channel migrant deaths

by bcadmin | Nov 29, 2021 | Angelus, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Church in UK and Ireland, Emmanuel Macron, France, Great Britain, lead, migrants and refugees, News, Pope Francis, United Kingdom | 0 |

Pope Francis on Sunday drew attention to Wednesday’s tragedy in the English Channel, where 27 people drowned trying to get from France to the United Kingdom.