Bishops’ Statement As Ad Limina Visit Ends
Statement from the Bishops of England and Wales, Rome, Saturday 29 September 2018 As we end our visit, ad limina Apostolorum, we offer these reflections on our days together in Rome. On Friday September 28 we were immensely privileged to share conversation with Pope...
Day of Prayer And Fasting For Abuse Survivors
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...
Half A Million Book Dublin Papal Mass Tickets
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....
‘Rejoice And Be Glad!’
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...
