Bishop John Arnold and other Christian leaders urged the Government to practise what it has previously preached by keeping coal in the ground and investing in a sustainable future.
Bishop Sherrington says the decision and the proposed clause have potentially wide-reaching implications for freedom of religion and speech. They also raise important questions about the state’s powers in relation to the individual in a free society, both for those with faith and those without.
Please give generously to this weekend's second collection which will go to support the Brentwood Catholic Youth Service and its work with young people.
'For each one of us there will be a special place in the Holy Land which lives on in our memory of the pilgrimage we made, or that always thrills us when we are able to return.' Read a reflection for Friends of the Holy Land by the Dean of Southwark.
The sixth World Day of the Poor will be celebrated by the Catholic Church on Sunday 13 November, with the theme of “For your sakes Christ became poor” (2 Cor 8:9).