The Oratory Catholic School appoints first female captain in 162 year history

£38,000-a-year The Oratory Catholic School appoints first female captain in its 162-year history to be the ‘voice’ of pupils – after allowing girls to join last year The Oratory Catholic School appoints first female captain in its 162-year history   Olivia Smith, 17, will share the role as ‘voice of the pupils’ with a male counterpart … Read more

The Oratory Catholic School appoints first female captain for 162 years to be the ‘voice’ of pupils

£38,000-a-year The Oratory Catholic School appoints first female captain for 162 years to be the ‘voice’ of pupils – after allowing girls to join last year By Antony Thrower For Mailonline Published: 18:22 BST, 7 June 2021 | Updated: 18:22 BST, 7 June 2021 A school believed to have been set up as the Roman … Read more

How twice-wed Boris Johnson was able to marry in a Catholic church

How twice-wed Boris Johnson was able to marry in a Catholic church: Diocese of Westminster confirms that as someone baptised in the faith, Prime Minister’s previous nuptials were not considered valid Twice divorced Prime Minister married practicing Catholic Carrie Symonds  Previous marriages not considered valid as they were not Catholic ceremonies  Was married to Allegra … Read more

Police put Catholic school on ‘lock down’ due to ‘man firing air rifle’

Police put Catholic school on ‘lock down’ due to ‘man firing air rifle’: Head reveals officers raced to scene due to ‘suspicious activity in the vicinity’ By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 11:39 BST, 10 May 2021 | Updated: 11:53 BST, 10 May 2021 A Catholic secondary school in Lincoln was put on lockdown today … Read more

Elderly black cleaner at Catholic boys’ school wins £6,280 payout over ‘voodoo’ comment

A cleaner at a Catholic boys’ school has won a £6,280 payout after a colleague made a racist remark about her ‘using voodoo’. Annmarie Jenkins-Hurrell, an elderly black woman of West Indian origin, was subjected to the ‘degrading and offensive’ remark from a caretaker at The Campion School, in Hornchurch, London.  An employment tribunal heard … Read more

Skeletons of Catholic nuns murdered by Russian soldiers during World War II are discovered

The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, came just one week after Nazi Germany had signed a neutrality pact with the Soviet Union. It meant that Poland ended up being bombarded from all sides by two vastly more powerful hostile powers – with Russian troops invading the country on September 17. Hitler’s decision … Read more

Skeletons of Catholic nuns murdered by Russian soldiers during World War II are discovered

The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, came just one week after Nazi Germany had signed a neutrality pact with the Soviet Union. It meant that Poland ended up being bombarded from all sides by two vastly more powerful hostile powers – with Russian troops invading the country on September 17. Hitler’s decision … Read more

Catholic school teacher banned after talking about her sexuality while playing FORTNITE with pupils 

A Catholic primary school teacher has been struck off after having secret conversations about her sexuality while playing Fortnite with two pupils. Charlotte Weeks, 27, discussed her sexuality and the sexuality of another teacher, with the male and female pupil while playing Fortnite on her PlayStation from her flat in Orpington, London, from July to … Read more

African Catholic cardinal who branded migration ‘a form of slavery’ resigns after clashing with Pope

Pope removes conservative African cardinal who warned Islam would ‘invade the world’ after clash with Vatican Robert Sarah was a favourite among conservatives in the Catholic Church  Some even hoped he could have succeeded Pope Francis as Pontiff eventually He frequently clashed with Pope Francis and resigned in accordance with law  By Matt Drake For … Read more

African Catholic cardinal who branded migration ‘a form of slavery’ resigns after clashing with Pope

Pope removes conservative African cardinal who warned Islam would ‘invade the world’ after clash with Vatican Robert Sarah was a favourite among conservatives in the Catholic Church  Some even hoped he could have succeeded Pope Francis as Pontiff eventually He frequently clashed with Pope Francis and resigned in accordance with law  By Matt Drake For … Read more