http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?NewsSectionId=15 Bondare 3.0 RSSBuilder 2013-05-23T06:52:51Z Josephine Siedlecka info@indcatholicnews.com http://www.indcatholicnews.com The copyright in all content provided in this syndicated feed is held by Independent Catholic News. Any unauthorized use of material contained in this RSS may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity & communications regs http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22602 2013-05-22T18:19:17Z 2013-05-22T18:19:17Z Representatives from nine faith groups issued a statement last night, following the attack in Woolwich in which a young soldier was savagely killed in the street by two men. They said: "We, as representatives of many of London's faith communities, deplore the terrible attack that has taken place today in Woolwich. All of our religions exalt the sanctity of human life and no grievance could justify such a barbaric assault that has cost a young man his life. Terrorism has no place on our streets. Phil Rosenberg, http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22597 2013-05-22T12:31:53Z 2013-05-22T12:31:53Z The Association of Christian Financial Advisers is warning of a legal minefield ahead for advisers if the government changes marriage laws – and massive confusion and costs for pension schemes. Some press reports say the cost to pension schemes of gay marriage could reach £4 billion. "These figures seem little more than guesswork, but what is certain is that high costs and great legal confusion lie ahead’" says Arwyn Bailey, of the Association of Christian Financial Advisers. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22596 2013-05-22T11:54:31Z 2013-05-22T11:54:31Z Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the 2013 Templeton Prize last night, at a glittering ceremony in London's Guildhall. The former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town was presented with the award for his 'life-long work in advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness which has helped to liberate people around the world'.... Dr John M Templeton, Jr president and chairman of the Foundation, said: "By embracing such universal concepts of the image of God within each person, Desmond Tutu also demonstrates how the innate humanity Jo Siedlecka http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22587 2013-05-21T07:27:44Z 2013-05-21T07:27:44Z Trustees of St Seraphim’s Orthodox Chapel, based in the former Walsingham Railway Station since 1967, are appealing for people's memories of the chapel and the old station, which was for years (1857 - 1964) the arrival point for many pilgrims at the shrine. As well as a centre of worship St Seraphim's was the place where Fr David (d 1993) and Leon Liddament (d 2010) worked on their icons, which can now be seen in churches and homes throughout the UK and worldwide. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22582 2013-05-20T15:19:18Z 2013-05-20T15:19:18Z It was an event that, in terms of impact, allegedly out-tweeted the death of Mrs Thatcher. It reduced grown men to tears and rendered the Queen´s Speech a trifling irrelevance. When the news broke of Sir Alex Ferguson´s decision to vacate the hot seat at Manchester United, I must confess that, as a lifelong Red, I identified with the talk of 'bereavement'. As the MUFC Facebook page urged us all to send a message of thanks to 'the boss', I pondered my own sense of gratitude to a 71 year old man who had, some few brief minutes with him a few years back, Mark Dowd http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22580 2013-05-20T12:42:39Z 2013-05-20T12:42:39Z In an open letter to The Tablet, the international Catholic weekly newspaper, CSAN’s Chief Executive, Helen O’Brien and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales’ Prison Adviser, Mgr Malachy Keegan have expressed their strong concern that the Ministry of Justice’s plans to ‘toughen-up’ prison regimes will “do little to end the cycle of re-offending” in the UK’s penal system. Under proposed changes to the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) System, http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22577 2013-05-19T18:19:14Z 2013-05-19T18:19:14Z The Jesuit priest known as the 'Pedalling Padre' will be among the guests at Tedworth House next week, when the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry open the Help 4 Heroes (H4H) Recovery Centres. Father Roger Dawson SJ will be attending the event at which the H4H Centres at Tidworth, Catterick, Colchester and Plymouth will be declared officially open. H4H helps to provide a national network of support for service personnel who have suffered life-changing injuries http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22574 2013-05-19T17:24:41Z 2013-05-19T17:24:41Z The blind, Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng will be presented with the first-ever 'Westminster Award' for his contribution to human rights, human life and human dignity on Monday, 20 May. Intimidated, beaten, arrested and imprisoned, Chen Guangcheng, who lost his sight as a baby, is a self-taught lawyer and human rights activist who has challenged the brutal practices of forced abortion and compulsory sterilisation of women pursued by the authorities in China, http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22572 2013-05-19T15:41:18Z 2013-05-19T15:41:18Z "We urge members of the House of Commons to think again about the long-term consequences of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in deciding how to vote at the report stage and third reading debates next week (20-21 May). "Many people within and beyond the faith communities deeply believe that the state should not seek to change the fundamental meaning of marriage. This proposed change in the law is far more profound than first appears. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22562 2013-05-16T17:27:45Z 2013-05-16T17:27:45Z Friends of St Augustine’s in Ramsgate, Kent, are expecting a record number of visitors to their church for this year’s St Augustine’s week, now in its third year. This year’s programme includes music, a play, readings, lectures and tours and will commence this Saturday, 18 May and conclude on the feast day of St Augustine of England, Monday 27 May. The church, where its famous architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin is buried, will be open every day during the week from 10am until 4pm.