World Communications Day, 5 June, Ascension Sunday

On World Communications Day we pray for communications professionals. The theme this year is ‘Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age’. The Catholic Communications Network (CCN) provides support for the bishops of England and Wales and the...

June 2011

At this time, I ask you to pray especially to pray for vocations. However, I would like you to remember that we have four seminarians training at the moment. Two are completing their propaedeutic year at the English college in Valladolid, Spain. Two will be...

National Pastoral Letter

On the new translation of the Roman Missal Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ At the beginning of Advent this year, when we gather for Mass, we shall be using the new translation of the Roman Missal. This will be the case not only in England and Wales but throughout...

With Christ on the Cross

The bishops of England and Wales are re-establishing the practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays as a penance to identify with Christ on the cross. The Bishops’ Conference stated, “Every Friday is set aside by the Church as a special day of penance,...

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