Britain

(OSV News) — Pro-life campaigners have urged Britain’s Catholic bishops to speak out against pressure for abortions. This comes after thousands of women were wrongly counseled to end their pregnancies based …

LONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members …

(OSV News) — Britain’s lawmakers voted Nov. 29 in Parliament to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales, despite opposition from Britain’s Catholic bishops and other …

OXFORD, England (OSV News) — Churches and faith groups across the United Kingdom have condemned a bill to allow physician-assisted suicide and stepped up efforts to block its Nov. 29 …

LONDON (OSV News) — Leading British Catholics have urged their church to avoid involvement in the resignation of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, who quit Nov. 12 after being implicated …

(OSV News) — The English and Welsh bishops are inviting Catholics to join a holy hour to pray for the defeat of an assisted suicide bill. They are urging the …

LIVERPOOL, England (OSV News) — A court has convicted a British army veteran of violating a “buffer zone” around an abortion clinic after he prayed silently within the boundary. Adam …

(OSV News) — Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has joined leading Catholic politicians and pro-life groups in calling on U.K. Catholics to take immediate and urgent action to oppose an …

LONDON (OSV News) — A Catholic pro-life volunteer, twice arrested for praying silently outside an abortion clinic, has received a payout from the U.K. police force who arrested her. Speaking …

LONDON (OSV News) — Prominent Catholics have joined church leaders in condemning a wave of riots across the United Kingdom, while also urging greater understanding of current social grievances. “The …