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Cardinal Vincent Nichols at the Red Mass at Westminster Cathedral, London, England, Oct. 1, 2021.

Cardinal calls Catholics in England and Wales to Holy Hour to defeat assisted suicide bill

Nov 8, 2024

By Madeleine Teahan

Cardinal Vincent Nichols announced that the bishops of England and Wales will hold a Holy Hour and encouraged Catholics to... Read more

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Britain to get its first Catholic medical school in 2026

Nov 5, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

“We are proud to be London’s Catholic university and to launch the first school of medicine at a Catholic university... Read more

Adam Smith-Connor on Oct. 16, 2024, was found guilty of praying silently outside of an abortion clinic, with the pro-life advocate facing a near-$12,000 fine over the verdict. 

British army veteran convicted of praying silently near abortion clinic

Oct 16, 2024

By Daniel Payne

A British army veteran and Christian has been found guilty of praying silently outside of an abortion clinic, facing an... Read more

English Catholic anti-euthanasia campaigner Matthew Schellhorn talks with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Oct. 14, 2024.

UK leaders hit back at plan to introduce assisted suicide

Oct 16, 2024

By Andy Drozdziak

Catholic leaders in the U.K. have hit back at plans to introduce assisted suicide in England and Wales in a... Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates a Pontifical Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, London, Sept. 11, 2021.

UK bishops urge Catholics to contact legislators ahead of assisted suicide vote

Oct 11, 2024

By Madeleine Teahan

Bishops in the United Kingdom have issued pastoral letters in advance of a vote next month to legalize assisted suicide.  Read more

The rector of the Walsingham shrine, Father Robert Billing. The feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham was celebrated Sept. 24, 2024, in England for the first time.

Catholics celebrate first feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham in England

Sep 24, 2024

By Andy Drozdziak

The feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham was celebrated today for the first time in England. Read more

Members of the community arrive ahead of a vigil to remember the victims of last week’s knife attack near the Atkinson on Aug. 5, 2024, in Southport, England.

One of three young English stabbing victims memorialized with Mass at Catholic parish

Aug 7, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, was remembered as “the most beautiful, strongest girl in the world” during the service at St.... Read more

Protesters attempt to enter the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, which is housing asylum seekers, on Aug. 4, 2024, in Rotherham, United Kingdom.

UK bishops pray for peace amid widespread violent protests over stabbing attack

Aug 5, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Auxiliary Bishop Paul McAleenan of Westminster condemned the appalling violence over the past week, especially that directed at migrants. Read more

Stained-glass window of Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Aldhelm’s in Malmesbury, England.

Stained-glass window dedicated to Blessed Carlo Acutis creates a stir in English parish

Jul 14, 2024

By Father Thomas Kulandaisamy

St. Aldhelm’s in Malmesbury is proud to be the first parish in England to feature a stained-glass window dedicated to... Read more

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Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children

Apr 18, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The announcement effectively ends the practice of providing sex-change drugs and hormone medications to children in Scotland. Read more

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England’s National Health Service ends puberty blockers for kids

Mar 12, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“There is not enough evidence of safety and clinical effectiveness,” reads the NHS England website’s section on “treatment” for gender... Read more

Then-Prince Charles greets archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols during a reception for the Cardinal Newman Canonization at Pontifical Urban College on Oct. 13, 2019, at the Vatican.

English cardinal offers prayers for King Charles III after cancer diagnosis

Feb 5, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

King Charles, 75, underwent treatment recently for an enlarged prostate and an unspecified cancer was discovered during that treatment. Read more

A stamp printed in United Kingdom in 1999 shows image of the dedicated to the Glastonbury Holy Thorn.

The Holy Thorn: In Glastonbury, England, a special hawthorn tree blooms every year at Christmas

Dec 26, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

This special variety of hawthorn grows in and around Glastonbury and the legendary, original tree is said to have sprouted... Read more

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Indi Gregory dies: What went wrong, and what happens next?

Nov 17, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

Catholics in the U.K. say the country’s medical and legal authorities need to place a greater emphasis on parental voices... Read more

John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais.

U.S. bishops express strong support for proposal to name Newman a doctor of the Church

Nov 16, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

Bishop Robert Barron was among several bishops who spoke passionately in support this week of a proposal to name St.... Read more

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves following his speech during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference on Oct. 4, 2023, in Manchester, England.

British prime minister says traditional understanding of gender is ‘common sense’

Oct 5, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made the comments about gender at a speech at the Conservative (Tory) Party’s annual gathering... Read more

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Annual Requiem Latin Mass canceled at Westminster Cathedral in London after 50 years

Oct 2, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

Due to the restrictions outlined in the 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, the Requiem Mass has been moved to a... Read more

Rendition of the Eternal Wall interactive monument being constructed near Birmingham, England, featuring a million prayers. It is expected to be completed in 2026.

Christian monument ‘Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer’ being constructed in England 

Aug 26, 2023

By Madeleine Teahan

The interactive sculpture near Birmingham, England, will be made up of a million bricks, each representing an individual’s answered prayer. Read more

Pilgrims gather around Chesterton’s grave at Beaconsfield during July 25, 2020 pilgrimage

A pilgrimage in England traces GK Chesterton’s path in hope of his beatification

Jul 29, 2023

By Anna Kurian

The 13th annual G.K. Chesterton Pilgrimage will begin at the church where the British writer was baptized. Read more

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British man found not guilty of murdering terminally ill wife after smothering her 

Jul 21, 2023

By Daniel Payne

David Hunter had told the court that his wife “begged him” to end her painful suffering from blood cancer. Read more