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Restoring your faith in the news

Celebrity Catholics

December 6, 2023

Give the gift of hope, says TV star Jean

Andy Drozdziak A Place in the Sun star Jean Johansson is encouraging parents to leave out a Mary’s Meals gift card for Santa to deliver to a hungry child this Christmas. The TV star has teamed up with international school meals charity to encourage families to bring hope to hungry children over the festive season.... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

November 30, 2023

Politicians vow to keep spotlight on Ukraine

A cross party group of MPs and peers visited the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London this week to see firsthand the support being provided to people displaced by the war in Ukraine. The visit was organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Holy See with the support of the Catholic Union. The twelve... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

November 20, 2023

Snoop Dogg teams up with London homeless film director for Christmas single

World famous rapper Snoop Dogg has joined a London Catholic band and homeless film director to challenge prejudices around homelessness which were ignited by then-Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s comment that homelessness is a ‘lifestyle choice.’ Sleeping rough on the streets of London (or any major city for that matter) is a hazardous past-time. David Fussell,... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

November 16, 2023

Adam Anders: ‘Hollywood needs to finally understand the truth about Christians’

In new musical film ‘Journey To Bethlehem’ the nativity story and its background is uniquely presented as a musical. Director Adam Anders told Andy Drozdziak about his desire to ‘inspire kids to ask questions about their faith’ through the film. Adam Anders is on a mission to change the way Hollywood views Christians with his... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

November 13, 2023

Livestock export ban welcomed

Andy Drozdziak Catholic animal campaigners are ‘delighted and relieved’ after the announcement in the King’s Speech that a ‘brutal practice’ will be permanently banned. If the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill passes, it will prevent animals being sent to the continent for slaughter and fattening from England. It will ban the export of cattle, sheep,... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

October 27, 2023

Scorsese’s dark tale of murder is another masterpiece

Emotional ambiguity pervades the dramatisation ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’. Epic yet intimate, director and co-writer Martin Scorsese’s masterful recounting of real-life events in 1920s Oklahoma is too gritty for kids, but deeply rewarding for grown-ups-and possibly acceptable for older teens. As relatively few viewers may know, shortly before the turn of the 20th century,... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

October 25, 2023

Mary’s Meals is a royal winner

Andy Drozdziak International Catholic charity Mary’s Meals has won a prestigious award at an awards ceremony led by the Spanish royal family and attended by Hollywood actress Meryl Streep. Mary’s Meals was honoured with the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord at the ceremony in Oviedo, northern Spain, which was attended by laureates and 1,600 guests. The... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

October 19, 2023

Catholic climate activists join Greta at London oil conference protest

Andy Drozdziak Catholic activists joined Greta Thunberg in protest outside a central London hotel where oil company executives held a three-day meeting. Christian Climate Action (CCA) led a vigil on Monday outside the InterContinental London hotel in Park Lane, and, on Tuesday, climate activist Greta Thunberg joined in with the protest, addressing journalists outside the... Read More

Celebrity Catholics

October 13, 2023

Norway Catholics welcome Nobel Prize for writer-convert

By Jonathan Luxmoore Church leaders in Norway have welcomed the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Jon Fosse, a Catholic convert, predicting the honour could raise Catholicism’s profile in the traditionally Protestant country. “Fosse gives voice, with elegance and beauty, to the mystery of faith-having read him with reverence for years, I think... Read More

Celebrity Catholics, Culture & Lifestyle

October 11, 2023

Olympic champ Adam’s new-found faith helped soothe ripples when life went awry

Andy Drozdziak Triple Olympic gold-medal winner Adam Peaty has spoken of finding a ‘welcoming community’ as his newfound Christian faith has helped him conquer alcohol addiction. Peaty, 28, who won Olympic gold in 2016 and two more in Tokyo in 2021, opened up earlier this year about mental health struggles and issues with alcohol. He was... Read More

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Restoring your faith in the news

Give the gift of hope, says TV star Jean

Politicians vow to keep spotlight on Ukraine

Snoop Dogg teams up with London homeless film director for Christmas single

Adam Anders: ‘Hollywood needs to finally understand the truth about Christians’

Livestock export ban welcomed

Scorsese’s dark tale of murder is another masterpiece

Mary’s Meals is a royal winner

Catholic climate activists join Greta at London oil conference protest

Norway Catholics welcome Nobel Prize for writer-convert

Olympic champ Adam’s new-found faith helped soothe ripples when life went awry

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