'The Passion' BBC One's Holy Week Series


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Palm Sunday, 16th March:
8:00 pm (One hour)
Monday, 17th March:
8:30 pm (30 minutes)
Good Friday, 21st March:
9:00 pm (One hour)
Easter Sunday, 23rd March:
7:30 pm (30 minutes)
 

For further information about the series:

Visit the BBC's website

 Visit the CASE: The Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation website

 


BBC Radio Kent's Lent series started on the 10th February and is given
by Father Wilfrid McGreal, O. Carm., Prior and Parish Priest
of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Faversham,
and Prior Provincial Elect of the British Province of the Carmelite Order.

Each Lenten Reflection begins at about 7:15 am on Sundays.

Please click here for further information
and to listen to recordings of the series


 

Now is the time to draw the line ...

The Catholic Church in England and Wales is at the forefront of
opposition to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill
at present before Parliament.

Please ensure that your voice is heard
 


Please write to your MP and to the Secretary of State for Health,
Alan Johnson MP, to express your opposition to the
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.


Please ask them to vote against:

  • any further liberalisation of the abortion laws
  • the creation of animal/human hybrids
  • the removal of 'the need for a Father' from law and birth certificates
  • increased use of embryos in stem cell research especially where alternatives are available

The address of MPs is
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA

Please click here to find out the name of your local MP
on the parliament.uk website

Please click here to email your local MP
through the writetothem.com website

 

The Government wants to change the law to allow,
among other things, more embryonic stem cell research.
Although not included in the Bill, some MP’s will be using this opportunity to try to
change the abortion laws as well.

 Ann Widdecombe says ‘It is a scandal that there are now
200,000 abortions every year (600 every day) in the UK alone,
and with growing awareness that premature babies
have a much greater chance of survival than ever before,
a majority of people in the UK want to see the abortion laws tightened up’. 

 The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has been going through the House of Lords, and will soon get to the House of Commons to be voted on by MPs. 

 Recent surveys have shown that 80% of people believe there are too many abortions taking place in the UK and that the 24 week limit should be lowered. 

Among the more controversial aspects of the bill is a proposal
to allow scientists to create human and animal mixed hybrid embryos
for experimentation purposes.

 There is also a proposal to remove the current provision ensuring IVF clinics
have regard for the need for a father. 
This will mean that a child, resulting from IVF treatment
could by law, be prevented from having any knowledge of,
or even legal recognition of having a father. 

 The All Party Parliamentary Pro-Life group, of which Ann Widdecombe is a member,
is vehemently opposing these aspects of the bill.

 This campaign is supported by the LIFE, CARE and Right to Life organisations. 

 

  


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