Boris Johnson, St. Thomas More and Heavenly Medicine
‘The King’s good servant but God’s first’ and other saintly links to the outgoing prime minister’s life.
‘The King’s good servant but God’s first’ and other saintly links to the outgoing prime minister’s life.
The bishops urged leaders to “provide economic support towards a sustainable recovery from the pandemic, and to move quickly to halt the biodiversity loss the planet is facing.”
In 1920, in the face of the Soviet Union’s aggression, Catholic Poland stood alone. How does Poland’s resistance serve as a cause for hope today? The Register’s UK Correspondent, KV Turley, tells the story of the “‘Miracle of Vistula’: When Our Lady Saved the World From Communism.” And then, there’s the recent Catholic wedding of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the Westminster Cathedral. Some Catholics have questions how such a marriage can be valid. We are joined by Father Pius Pietrzyk for an explainer on Catholic marriage and Church law.
By all accounts, Mr. Johnson was treated in the same way as any other Catholic would have been in his situation.
News of the ceremony provoked debate among Catholics about how the prime minister was eligible to marry at the mother church of Catholics in England and Wales.
The prime minister’s refutation of a potentially scandalous trip to Italy brings a surprising revelation.
The official account of the Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady at Walsingham echoed Cardinal Nichols’ call for prayer, tweeting Monday: “We need to pray for our Prime Minister.”
Given the history of the Brexit saga to date, Boris Johnson is going to need all the prayers he can get.
“We stand with Christians everywhere, in solidarity, and will defend your right to practice your faith,” says Boris Johnson.
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