Catholics face “alarming levels of intolerance” Thursday 15 June 2017 Giving evidence to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee of the Scottish Parliament today (15th June 2017) Anthony Horan, Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office claimed; “a culture of fear prevents people from being open about their faith.” Mr. Horan who was giving evidence to MSP’s...
The Pope is cool these days: he has 17 million followers on Twitter; he won't use the fancy Papal limousine; he loves a game of football and used to hang around in tango bars when he was young. He even has an app. What's known as 'the Francis effect' sees him greeted like a pop...
[Catholic] Politics news Alert16 January 2014 Have your say on the role of Church representatives on Education Committees Responding to proposals to remove the obligation on local authorities to appoint religious representatives to Education CommitteesBackgroundIn recent times in Scotland, various groups have been making attempts to bring about changes to legislation in order to limit the...
The campaigns have devised their sound-bites, booked the billboards, posed for their team photos, and printed off millions of leaflets. Today, the marathon run up to the referendum on Scottish independence marks one year to go until voters get a chance to have their say on the biggest decision the nation has ever faced. First Minister...
