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1 week ago | 
thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill |Patrick Hudson
White smoke from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicated a new Pope was elected this afternoon to succeed Pope Francis. The new Pope is expected to emerge soon onto the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square, when his given name and papal name will be revealed. The cardinal electors will also appear on the loggia of St Peter’s Basilica when the announcement of the 266th successor of St Peter is made.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tabitha Smith |Patrick Hudson
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson
Pope Francis’ encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is “a testimony written on his heart and offered to the hearts of all”, the Archbishop of Westminster has said.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols said Dilexit Nos, published last Thursday, was an invitation to “anyone who is broken hearted, or feeling empty of heart, or yearning for love, or filled with the joy of a loving heart”.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson
The Vatican and the Chinese government renewed their Provisional Agreement on the Appointment of Bishops for a further four years.
A statement from the Holy See on 22 October said this followed “the consensus reached for an effective application” of the agreement and “appropriate consultation and assessment”.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Tabitha Smith
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) urged the government to take new opportunities to prioritise freedom of religion. The charity said the new Labour government had an opportunity to incorporate religious freedom into its foreign policy, following the previous government’s failure to prioritise it. ACN petitioned the government to protect religious freedoms against increasing persecution worldwide at the launch of its latest Persecuted and Forgotten? report in Parliament on Tuesday.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Sarah Mac Donald
The president of the Catholic Union urged opponents of the legalisation of assisted suicide to write to their MPs about their personal experience and concerns. Addressing the Catholic Union’s annual general meeting on 15 October, Baroness Hollins said there were many new MPs debating Kim Leadbeater’s bill who should be in “listening mode” to their constituents, who should “ensure that all unintended consequences are exposed, explored and considered”.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Tabitha Smith
Christian charities criticised the government for failing to prioritise religious freedom. They expressed concern at its failure to appointment a replacement for Fiona Bruce as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB). Mrs Bruce stepped down from the role ahead of the election in July, in which she lost her parliamentary seat.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Tabitha Smith
Christian charities criticised the government for failing to prioritise religious freedom. They expressed concern at its failure to appointment a replacement for Fiona Bruce as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB). Mrs Bruce stepped down from the role ahead of the election in July, in which she lost her parliamentary seat.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tom Heneghan |Patrick Hudson
Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg said the Synod on Synodality should lead to reforms that can be anchored in Church law. “May God grant that this synod, with its tentative steps towards change, will in the long term contribute to appreciating diversity in the Church and promoting unity,” he said in a homily on 6 October.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Andreja Bogdanovski
Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals on Sunday, including five bishops of Latin American dioceses and three east Asian bishops. “Their origin expresses the universality of the Church, which never ceases to proclaim God’s merciful love for all people on earth,” he told pilgrims in St Peter’s Square after the Angelus on 6 October, announcing the consistory to be held on 8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
