Archbishop John Sherrington, lead bishop for life issues, and Bishop Bosco MacDonald, lead bishop for marriage and family life, have released a statement to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week (October 9-15). Baby Loss Awareness Week is a national initiative of remembrance....
This month sees the first of the Cathedral Series of concerts, part of the wider events programme. The first of these, on Friday October 17 at 7.30pm, promises to be a special event, as we welcome back former cathedral chorister and choral scholar, Grace Oliver, along...
More than 40 young people from across the diocese enjoyed four days of catechises, prayer and fun at a Catholic summer residential event at Ampleforth.They joined another 50 young people from Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Scotland at Faith Summertime during the first week...
In Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti (All brothers and sisters), he places great emphasis on human beings being given dignity, saying: “God has created all human being with equal rights, duties, and dignity, and has called them to live together as brothers and...
I am sure you will be aware of our two new saints canonised last month, Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. There are lots of articles about them on the internet. They are not hard to find. Here is a little compact edition of what I have found about Saint...
As the 60th anniversary of the conciliar document Nostra Aetate occurs during the month of October, the Pope dedicates his prayer intention to collaboration between different religious traditions. In the new edition of The Pope Video Pope Leo’s prayer intention is:...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has welcomed the announcement that the Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally will be the next Archbishop of Canterbury.He said: “On behalf of the...
The Alton Day of Renewal (ADoRE), which has helped thousands of people to renew their faith, is planning a special celebration to mark its golden jubilee on Saturday October 25.Bishop of Portsmouth Philip Egan will start the day with Holy Mass and international...
Bishop Jim Curry, lead bishop for the Holy Land for the Bishops’ Conference, has described the UK government’s recognition of the State of Palestine as a “right and not a reward”.Bishop Curry said: “As the Lead Bishop for the Holy Land, I welcome the UK government’s...
