Damian Thompson

Video Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to the Participants in the International Meeting “Unarmed and Disarming Peace”

https://youtu.be/CZqaTsNApII Dear brothers and sisters, You are gathered in Assisi forty years after the World Day of Prayer for Peace held on 27 October 1986.  That event was initiated by Saint John Paul II, who on that occasion emphasized the intrinsic bond between a genuine religious...

View budget by how it helps reduce poverty, says Bishop Helen-Ann

Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget Statement, the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, said:  "The success of this budget should be measured by the extent to which it reduces poverty, expands opportunity, and upholds the dignity of every single person. "I welcome the Government’s...
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