Conscientious Objection

Bishop urges Catholics to respond to GMC consultation

22 May 2012

Bishop Tom Williams, Chairman of the CBCEW Healthcare Reference is calling on doctors  and patients to take part in the General Medical Council consultation on Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice. Bishop Williams said: “I strongly encourage Catholic doctors who work in the health service, and all those who have an interest as patients, carers or potential patients to respond

'Ad limina' summary: Secular society needs Catholicism, pope tells US bishops

21 May 2012

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In five speeches over a period of six months, Pope Benedict XVI warned visiting U.S. bishops of the threats that an increasingly secularized society poses to the Catholic Church in America, especially in the areas of religious liberty, sexual morality and the definition of marriage.

05/18/2012 13:19 TURKMENISTAN Ashgabat: second Jehovah's Witness sentenced to forced labour in 2012

18 May 2012

» Aibek Salayev, 33, was accused of "distributing pornography". Supreme Court upholds his conviction, which goes into effect immediately. He will go to the Karabogaz camp on the Caspian Sea. Another Jehovah's Witness was sentenced to two years of hard labour for conscientious objection.