Remarks by Lord Alton of Liverpool at a Memorial Service for Dr.Helmy Guirguis - Founder of the UK Copts - at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, 6.30 pm, March 3rd 2015. In 1997, when I was raised to the Peerage as a Baron, and entered the House of Lords, one...
Second Vatican Council – 50 Years Later What Does It Say To Us? Northern Catholic Conference, Liverpool 2013.
Northern Catholic Conference , June 8th, 2013 - Vatican Two – Reading the signs of the times: 50 Years Later What Does The Council Say To Us? Also, for power point slides, see https://www.davidalton.net/media/ On October 11th 2012, we marked the momentous event...
Gladys Aylward, the little woman, and China's Inn of The Sixth Happiness – or more accurately, the Inn of the Eight Happinesses
Gladys Aylward, the little woman, and China's Inn of The Sixth Happiness - or, more accurately, the Inn of the Eight Happinesses There is a lovely movie, staring Ingrid Bergman, called “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.” Made in 1958 it celebrates the remarkable life of...
Gladys Aylward, the little woman, and China’s Inn of The Sixth Happiness – or more accurately, the Inn of the Eight Happinesses
Gladys Aylward, the little woman, and China's Inn of The Sixth Happiness - or, more accurately, the Inn of the Eight Happinesses There is a lovely movie, staring Ingrid Bergman, called “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.” Made in 1958 it celebrates the remarkable life of...
Drama and Music To Make Us Think: Disability Hate Crime, Religious Persecution, Bullying, Relationships, the Holocaust, North Korea, Scapegoating of Minorities…
A theatre company, consisting primarily, but not exclusively, of actors with learning disabilities, recently came to Westminster to perform their play “Living without Fear” – and in one short hour achieved more in raising awareness about...
Celebrate Conference 2013
Click on the following links to access these presentations: Celebrate 2013 For Such A Time As This Celebrate Conference 2013 - Vatican Two 50 Years Later Celebrate Conference 2013 - Catholic Culture and Identity in the 21st Century Celebrate Conference 2013 - Joel's...
The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
In considering the momentous events of the past twenty four hours, it's hard not to think of the canticle of Simeon - the Nunc Dimittis - “Lord, now you let your servant go in peace”.Referring directly to the sheer strains and demands of office, to the fast moving...
Egypt – A Second Revolution?
Last week saw the second anniversary of the seismic events which led to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. It also saw the beginning of a second Egyptian revolution – which many fear could lead to a full scale civil war, plunging Egypt into the fratricide which...
Obama Doesn’t Have Four More Years To Combat Iranian and Other Forms of Inflammatory Extremism in the Middle East
Obama Doesn't Have Four More Years To Combat Iranian and Other Forms of Inflammatory extremism in the Middle East Proxies look to Saudi Arabia for support as Sunni fights Shia and minorities are killed in the crossfire. Iranian support for rocket launching militias...
Obama Doesn't Have Four More Years To Combat Iranian and Other Forms of Inflammatory Extremism in the Middle East
Obama Doesn't Have Four More Years To Combat Iranian and Other Forms of Inflammatory extremism in the Middle East Proxies look to Saudi Arabia for support as Sunni fights Shia and minorities are killed in the crossfire. Iranian support for rocket launching militias...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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Disturbing report about a 19-year-old Tibetan monk named Tenzin Nyima who is reported to have died on 19 January 2021 due to injuries inflicted on him by police in prison.
Effectively a death sentence” - Tibetan monk dies following police beating in custody Friday, 22 January 2021 Free Tibet media release, for immediate use...
Last Tuesday was a good day for progress on tackling the genocide of the Uyghurs – and the genocide amendment will return to the House of Lords on February 2nd.
JAN 22, 2021, 2:48 PM Last Tuesday was a good day for progress on tackling the genocide of the Uyghurs - and the genocide amendment will return to the House of Lords on February 2nd. Article by Benedict Rogers for the Jewish News Last Tuesday was a good day for...
Parliament Hears Reports of 2,200 Nigerian Christians hacked to death in 2020 and 34,400 since 2009. U.K. Minister says Nigerian Government should “protect those at risk of violence” and “bring perpetrators to justice”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11716): Lord Alton of Liverpool Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report...