Father Chris Hughes will speak on the theme “No justice, no peace” at a day of prayer, reflection and solidarity at St Mary’s Cathedral to mark the 10th World Day of the Poor.A parish priest in North Shields, Father Chris is also chair of the Diocese of Hexham and...
One in every seven people in the world lives today with a mental disorder, often in silence and marked by stigma and loneliness. For this reason, Pope Leo XIV has dedicated his prayer intention for the month of October to mental health ministry. Through the Pope's...
Pope Leo will join hundreds of youngsters in Rome as one million children around the world unite to pray the Rosary for peace.Between 700 and 1,000 children from schools and parishes across Rome are expected to gather at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens on...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the pastoral letter I sent during this season two years ago, I explained the venerable and rich tradition of care for creation contained in the teaching of the Catholic Church.In this special Jubilee Year of St Francis of...
Mass for the Care of Creation will be celebrated at St Mary’s Cathedral in Middlesbrough on Sunday October 2 at 5pm. The People's Emergency Briefing Film on the climate and nature crisis will be shown afterwards at 6.15pm in the hall, followed by refreshments and...
Home Mission Sunday (September 20) is the day parishes are asked to pray for the work of evangelisation and to support this vital work through a second collection.A few years ago, this day was renamed Evangelii Gaudium Sunday after Pope Francis’s Apostolic...
The Pope’s September prayer intention invites us to view water as God’s gift and as a right “without borders”. Water, the “source of fruitfulness, freshness, and hope,” as the Pope himself defines it in his prayer, is a scarce, unsafe and inaccessible resource for...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am writing to update you on the progress that has been made since my appointment by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Middlesbrough in December 2025, and as Apostolic Administrator of the...
Archbishop John Sherrington, Archbishop of Liverpool and Lead Bishop for Life Issues, has issued a statement on the upcoming Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which will take place on Friday September 11. In his statement, Archbishop...
