by Michael McG | Mar 8, 2021 | Pope Francis, Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
The meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani – one of Iraq’s most influential spiritual leaders for Shi‘a Muslims – on Saturday (March 6) has been hailed as a historic moment of peace. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN),...
by Michael McG | Feb 26, 2021 | Pope Francis, National Board of Catholic Women, Organisations
The National Board of Catholic Women is hosting a Zoom meeting with Dr Anna Rowlands to examine the pope’s latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Dr Rowlands is St Hilda associate professor of catholic social thought and practice in the Department of Theology and...
by Michael McG | Feb 25, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
A Catholic aid organisation has announced plans for a virtual Sunday lunch to raise money for a charitable kitchen in Lebanon that serves more than 1,500 hot meals a day to refugees from neighbouring Syria and others in urgent need. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)...
by Michael McG | Feb 17, 2021 | Aid the the Church in Need (ACN), Organisations
A 12-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan shackled and enslaved by a man who made her marry him and convert is now back home after a court victory. Faisalabad District and Sessions Court ruled on February 16 that Farah Shaheen should be allowed to return to her father...
by Michael McG | Feb 10, 2021 | CAFOD, Organisations
There’s still time to sign up for CAFOD’s 10,000 steps a day or its Big Walk for Water at 2pm on Saturday February 20. Bishop Terry tells us why we should do all we can to help… As Lent begins, I want to encourage you to think of joining in CAFOD’s Big...
by Michael McG | Feb 9, 2021 | Ampleforth Abbey, Diocese, Obituaries, Organisations
Father Alban Crossley OSB, Benedictine monk of Ampleforth Abbey, died on February 2 at the age of 86. He was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, and joined the monastic community at Ampleforth Abbey in September 1955.From 1958 to 1961 he was at St Benet’s Hall at the...
