by Michael McG | Oct 28, 2024 | Pope Francis, Encyclicals
Bishop of Shrewsbury Mark Davies has welcomed Pope Francis’ fourth encyclical letter Dilexit nos on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ, as a “great gift”.Bishop Mark said that as the Church seeks to grow in communion, participation and mission, “an...
by Michael McG | Oct 25, 2023 | Pope Francis, Encyclicals, Catholic Bishop's Conference
The lead bishop for environmental issues for the Bishops’ Conference, Bishop John Arnold, has written to prime minister Rishi Sunak, enclosing a copy of Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum.Highlighting how the Catholic community plays...
by Michael McG | Oct 4, 2023 | Encyclicals, Pope Francis
Apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum released on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi Pope Francis has released his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, ‘Praise God’, to “clarify and complete” what he started in 2015 with his encyclical letter...
by Michael McG | Sep 6, 2023 | Pope Francis, Adult Formation, Encyclicals, Evangelisation
We invite every parish in our diocese to send a group to a special event to look at how we can all play our part in fighting climate change.“Don’t just pray – do something, for God’s sake! What can we do to leave a better world for future generations?” is the title of...
by Michael McG | Sep 6, 2023 | Pope Francis, Encyclicals
In the first year of his pontificate, 2013, Pope Francis released an apostolic exhortation on the joy of the Gospel titled Evangelii Gaudium.In it, he encouraged the Christian faithful to “embark on a new chapter of evangelisation” marked by this joy, while striving...
by Michael McG | Nov 14, 2022 | Pope Francis, Encyclicals, CAFOD, Organisations
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin told the COP27 climate change conference that “we cannot ignore” the link between the climate crisis and lack of access to food and water. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state of the Holy See, addressed roundtables...
