Bethlehem Store Owner: ‘Coronavirus Has Destroyed Our Life’
The coronavirus pandemic has left Bethlehem’s tourism-reliant economy in tatters, according to a shop owner, who has appealed to pilgrims, saying he longs for the day when they can safely return. Rony Tabash, owner of the Nativity Store in Bethlehem, told Catholic...
Bishops Respond To Prohibition Of Communal Worship
A statement from the president and the vice-president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England And Wales on the national lockdown… On Wednesday November 4, Parliament passed into law the Regulations governing many aspects of activity in the whole of England...
Bishop Terry: Still Time To Contact MPs On Church Closures
Places of worship are expected to be required to end all acts of collective worship except funeral ceremonies during the one-month lockdown that begins on Thursday (November 5). Introducing the response to this news below from the president and vice-president of the...
Praying Together As A Diocese
During November and throughout Advent we will be invited to come together to pray as a diocese. This initiative begins on All Saints Day, Sunday November 1. Please join us for Evening Prayer of the Church. Sunday November 1 at 7pm (All Saints Day): Evening and Night...
