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Stop Blocking Vital Aid

by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations

An urgent call to end the block on vital aid to people in sanctions-crippled Syria has come from the leaders of a Catholic charity amid fears that the country’s humanitarian crisis has reached an all-time high. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is demanding...

New Rector For Rome’s English College

by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Rome, Vocations

Father Stephen Wang has been appointed as the new rector of the Venerable English College (VEC) in Rome. Father Stephen will replace Monsignor Philip Whitmore, who has been rector since 2013. The VEC was founded in 1579 and since then has prepared priests to serve...

Why A Chicken For A Leprosy Care Centre Is The Perfect Easter Gift

by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events

Well-wishers are being asked to buy a chicken for a leprosy care centre in Zimbabwe this Easter in memory of a Cumbrian missionary who was born 100 years ago this year and is now on the path towards sainthood. John Bradburne was born in Skirwith in 1921 and...

Bishops Ask For Prayers On National Day Of Reflection

by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Catholic Bishop's Conference, Coronavirus

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales is inviting us all to pray and to visit the Blessed Sacrament if we can as we mark the anniversary of the first national lockdown… We welcome the designation of Tuesday March 23 as a National Day of Reflection to...

Ryedale Christians Invite You To Climate Event

by Michael McG | Mar 19, 2021 | Ampleforth Abbey, Encyclicals, Organisations, Pope Francis

Ryedale Christian Council is holding a free Zoom event entitled the Climate Change Crisis – what on earth can we do? Our Lady and St Benedict’s, Ampleforth, and Ampleforth’s Anglican benefice, as well as local Methodists and Quakers, are all involved in...