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Who not What

I am currently attending the superb Compassion for World Farming (CIWF) Conference in London entitled Extinction and Livestock. One of the major themes of the Conference is how 21st Century industrial farming(amongst it’s other horrors) is also destroying natural habitats by growing feed products for factory farmed animals and this

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CCA St Francis Award

  The presentation of the inaugural St Francis Award by Catholic Concern for Animals was made to Joyce D’Silva at the CCA Retreat at Holland House earlier this week. Joyce who is currently the Ambassador for Compassion in World Farming and was CIWF’s Chief Executive from 1991-2005 was the unanimous

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Day of Creation and CCA Retreat

  September 1st is the day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and I am delighted that Pope Francis has just announced a joint appeal with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I for the world to work together on this special day. Pope Francis said: “we invite everyone

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St Francis Alliance Catholic Retreat

I am delighted to be at the St Francis Alliance: Faithful Voices for Animals Retreat which is taking place this weekend at the San Damiano Spiritual Life Centre in White Post,Virginia which is in the Catholic Diocese of Arlington. The Sr Francis Alliance is a wonderful grouping of Catholic men

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End of Veganuary 2017

Well, here we are at the end of Veganuary 2017 and it seems to have been a major success and was even featured on the BBC’s flagship Newsnight programme last evening. Every person who turns to a Vegan or Vegetarian lifestyle is actively helping animals as well as advocating for

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