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  Family of Catholic man on life support should end the fight to keep him alive, say judges

  Staff writer | Sat 16 Jan 2021 11:32 GMT

  Appeals court judges have urged the Catholic family of a comatose man to allow him to die.

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  Cathedral vaccination centre soothes jab nerves with a little organ music

  Staff writer | Sat 16 Jan 2021 11:01 GMT

  Salisbury Cathedral has welcomed in the first members of the public to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the stunning surroundings of the 800-year-old building.

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  Lichfield Cathedral opens its doors as Covid vaccination centre

  Staff writer | Fri 15 Jan 2021 11:26 GMT

  Dean the Very Rev Adrian Dorber said the cathedral wanted to do all it could to serve the community.

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  Get the Covid-19 vaccine, say Scottish faith leaders

  Staff writer | Fri 15 Jan 2021 11:08 GMT

  Churches in Scotland have joined other faiths in encouraging people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

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  Christian mother appeals to public for support after judge rules brain-damaged daughter can die

  Staff writer | Thu 14 Jan 2021 10:37 GMT

  A Christian single mother is asking the public to help her raise £100,000 to finance a legal appeal against a judge's decision to permit her 5-year-old brain-damaged daughter to die.

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  Church apologises for role in abuse of unmarried mothers and their children after damning report

  Staff writer | Wed 13 Jan 2021 12:28 GMT

  Catholic Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, said the Church was "clearly part of that culture in which "people were frequently stigmatized, judged and rejected".

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  Hundreds of church leaders urge Nicola Sturgeon to lift ban on public worship

  Staff writer | Wed 13 Jan 2021 11:55 GMT

  The ban on public Sunday worship in the Scottish lockdown "may be unlawful", say the church leaders.

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  Case of prison chaplain banned for whistleblowing to be heard at county court

  Staff writer | Wed 13 Jan 2021 11:23 GMT

  The case of a pastor banned for 10 years prison chaplaincy will not proceed to judicial review but will be heard at a county court instead, the High Court decided on Tuesday.

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  North Korea is worst country for Christian persecution again as authoritarian governments exploit Covid crisis

  Staff writer | Wed 13 Jan 2021 5:59 GMT

  The persecution of Christians continued to grow in numbers and intensity last year despite lockdowns and restrictions on movement across much of the world during the pandemic.

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  Catholic leaders call on UK Government to give up nuclear arsenal

  Staff writer | Tue 12 Jan 2021 12:59 GMT

  Leaders in the Catholic Church have urged the UK Government to get rid of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

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  Medical gender transition treatment amounted to a 'live experiment' on children, says physician

  Brandon Showalter | Tue 12 Jan 2021 11:51 GMT

  Medical testimony shared in a recent court case against a gender clinic in London regarding the prescribing of puberty-blocking drugs to gender-confused minors has been published for the first time.