Litany of the Forty Martyrs of England & Wales
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The Acts of Supremacy are two acts passed by the Parliament of England in the 16th century that established the English monarchs as the head of the Church of England
Queen Katherine_of_Aragon The Acts of Supremacy are two acts passed by the Parliament of England in the 16th century that established the English monarchs as the head of the Church of England; two similar laws were passed by the Parliament of Ireland establishing the English monarchs as the head of the Church of Ireland. The 1534 Act declared King Henry VIII and his successors as the Supreme Head of the Church, replacing the Pope. This first Act was repealed during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I. The 1558 Act declared Queen Elizabeth I and her successors the Supreme Governor of the Church, a title that the British monarch still holds. Royal supremacy is specifically used to describe the legal sovereignty of the King (i.e., civil law) over the law of the Church in England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Supremacy#First_Act_of_Supremacy_1534 Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy was repealed in 1554 during the reign of h
Historic event at UK's oldest living convent
Historic event at UK's oldest living convent https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/4762
Gospel in Art: Feast of the English Martyrs
Gospel in Art: Feast of the English Martyrs https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/47089
St. Edmund Catherick and John Lockwood (priest) Blessed Martyrs
Edmund Catherick (c. 1605 – 13 April 1642) was an English Roman Catholic priest . He is a Catholic martyr , beatified in 1929. Life Catherick was probably born in Lancashire about 1605. He was descended from the Catholic family of Catherick of Carlton, North Yorkshire and Stanwick, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Educated at Douai College, he was ordained in the same institution, and about 1635 went out to the English mission where he began his seven years' ministry which closed with his death. During this time he was known under the alias Huddleston, which was probably his mother's maiden name. Apprehended in the North Riding, near Watlas, Catherick was brought by pursuivants before Justice Dodsworth, a connection by marriage – possibly an uncle. Gillow states (IV, 310) that it was through admissions made to Dodsworth, under the guise of friendship, that Catherick was convicted. He was arraigned at York and condemned to death together with Father John Lockwood. The executi