by Michael McG | Sep 17, 2018 | Pope Francis, St Wilfrid's, York
Parishes in our diocese have been responding to the call of Pope Francis for prayer and fasting after the latest revelations concerning sexual abuse within the Church. The Holy Father called for this penitential exercise as a sign of solidarity with victims and...
by Michael McG | Jul 24, 2018 | Pope Francis
All 500,000 tickets for the closing Mass World Meeting of Families 2018 in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday August 26 have been booked out. Father Timothy Bartlett, secretary general of WMOF2018, said he wasn’t surprised at the huge level of interest in the event....
by webmaster | Apr 11, 2018 | Pope Francis, Papal Documents
Pope Francis’ new Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate or “Rejoice and be Glad” is now available from the Vatican website. He states in his introduction: “My modest goal is to re-propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own...
by Michael McG | Mar 23, 2018 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis, World Youth Day
Young people are being offered the opportunity of a lifetime by joining Pope Francis and a party from our diocese heading to World Youth Day 2019 in Panama. Bishop Terry and Monsignor Gerard Robinson will lead the group attending the six-day event in the Central...
by Michael McG | Feb 9, 2018 | Pope Francis
Pope Francis is asking all people of goodwill to join him in a special Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace for the people of all war-torn nations. And Deacon Jon Dal Din, director of Westminster’s Interfaith agency, is suggesting that Catholics could invite other...
