Dear Friends Important date: 23 June As you know, Ray was in court on 22 April. The conversation with the Judge clarified a few things. The Crown Prosecution Service wants to proceed and Ray is charged with Criminal Damage (ref Criminal Damage Act 1971). He is required to appear on 23 June 2025 at Westminster […]| Catholic Peace Action
April 2nd 2025 Dear Friend Here is what we have been up to this Lent! After moments of prayer and reflection, under the beautiful, sparkling blue spring sky, Ray, Dan and Carmel approached the front entrance of the Ministry of Defence. It was unguarded, with only a trickle of workers entering and leaving. Ray climbed […] The post Lenten Resistance at the Ministry of Defence appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
12 December 2024 Fr Peter Keeling Tributes have been paid to Father Peter Keeling, who served in parishes throughout the diocese and was the last parish priest of the “Old” St Mary’s Cathedral in Sussex Street, Middlesbrough. Bishop Terry Drainey was principal celebrant at Father Peter’s Requiem Mass at a packed St Francis of Assisi […] The post Middlesbrough: Father Peter Keeling RIP appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
Background Second reading passed Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed second reading on 29 November 2024 by 330–275. A majority of 55. The bill has been committed to a public bill committee – a group of MPs, yet to be selected, who will go through the bill line-by-line, scrutinising each clause […] The post Assisted Killing/Suicide sanctioned by Parliament appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
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By Eamon Duffy 25 April 2024, Memorial Mass at St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark FR DAVID STANDLEY, who died aged 88 in St Peter’s Residence in Vauxhall, London on 21 March, never held high office in the Church but was one of the finest and most inspiring priests of his generation. Educated at Wimbledon College and […] The post Reflection on Fr David Standley appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
By Roger Hearing To most of you here today, David was FATHER. To us, his family, of course, father is the one thing David wasn’t. A much-loved brother, son, uncle, a great-uncle too – the person whose choice of birthday card or Christmas present could be counted on to surprise; the card, or, often, the […] The post Eulogy for Fr David appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
Today, Ray Towey marked the Ministry of Defence, UK, as a witness against the nuclear war preparations of this Government. See pictures below. Ray was supported by Carmel and Dan Martin. As usual, we started in the nearby park with prayers and readings from the Bible and ‘Follow Me – The Way of the Cross’, […] The post Marking the MoD 13 March 2024 appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE Benediction Hall Monday, 8 January 2024 Wars, nonetheless, are able to continue thanks to the enormous stock of available weapons. There is need to pursue a policy of disarmament, since it is illusory to think that weapons have […] The post The Immorality of Nuclear Weapons appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
This exchange between Ray Towey and (Prof) Tina Beattie began on 07 December 2023, in The TABLET, a Catholic publication in London. Topic of the week – the scourge the Church ignores Professor Vimal Tirimanna (Letters, 2 December) makes the debatable claim that some topics omitted from the Synod report (LGBTQ, women’s ordination, priestly celibacy) […] The post Africa appeared first on Catholic Peace Action.| Catholic Peace Action
