Friends of the Holy Land launches World Water Week Appeal
World Water Week has been organised every year since 1991 and is centred on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense.This year, from August 25 to 29, the theme Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future asks us to recognise...
Cardinal’s Postgate Rally homily
Cardinal Arthur Roche’s homily at the 50th anniversary Postgate Rally at Ugthorpe on Sunday July 7 2024… One of the more disturbing realities in today’s world is how quickly populist movements form and how the determined positions which mark them are often...
A day to remember those in peril on the sea
On Sea Sunday (July 14), let us remember seafarers facing conflict, abandonment and tough times.“Some seafarers I meet have travelled through the conflict area of the Red Sea, with its risks of attacks from Houthis, then have sailed on to the Black Sea with its own...
Food is being used as a weapon, warns South Sudanese bishop
A South Sudanese bishop has warned that food has been weaponised during the civil war in Sudan, with famine now looming in his neighbouring country because of the conflict.Speaking to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor...
