Monthly Archives: January 2013

An MP will tomorrow table a bill which seeks to protect “conscientious beliefs about the definition of marriage” in the same way gender, race, age or disability are currently protected. Edward Leigh MP’s bill — which seeks to amend equality legislation … Continue reading →

[Editor’s note] Shortly before Christmas, in his annual address to the Curia, Pope Benedict XVI cited a paper against gay marriage and same-sex parenting by the Chief Rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim. In what the Pope described  as a “detailed … Continue reading →

Bearing the title ‘Speak Out for Marriage’, a million postcards – about as many as there are practising Catholics — are being distributed to parishes in England and Wales next week for signing by parishioners and forwarding to MPs.  The … Continue reading →

The judgement handed down yesterday in four high-profile UK religious freedom cases by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has strengthened the freedom to manifest belief (Article 9). The judges disagreed with the UK courts in one key area: just … Continue reading →

The appalling revelations of Jimmy Savile’s systematic abuse of minors have left in no doubt the complicity of British society in his behaviour. “The universal abhorrence at Jimmy Savile’s predatory career is a rare moment of national self-revelation,” reads an … Continue reading →

Over the Channel in France, up to a million are expected today to take to the streets of Paris in protest at redefining marriage. Yesterday, in the UK, more than a thousand Catholic priests signed a letter in the Telegraph … Continue reading →