Britain’s new health secretary is facing pressure over her stance on abortion. Thérèse Coffey, a practising Catholic, was named the UK’s deputy prime minister and health secretary on 6 September by incoming prime minister Liz Truss, the successor to Boris Johnson. Coffey, who has voted against measures to expand abortion, told Sky News that she Read more
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Cardinal urges new UK prime minister to focus on the poor
Thursday, September 8th, 2022
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster congratulated the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, and urged her to focus on the poor by immediately halting the country’s declining living standards. The cardinal, president of the English and Welsh bishops’ conference, said many people in the UK would be facing the choice between “heating and eating” Read more