Bishop praises pope’s ‘timely and prophetic words’ in climate crisis exhortation
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...
Pope requests prayer and action for those ‘on the margins of society’
In The Pope Video for the month of September, Pope Francis asks us to pray “for those people who live on the margins of society in subhuman living conditions, that they may not be neglected by institutions and never be cast out”.Pope Francis asks: “How...
Working together to leave a better world
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...
Our call to mission on Evangelii Gaudium Sunday
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...
