eBay and easyfundraising have teamed up to launch the £5,000 Big Give, donating ten £500 micro-grants this autumn – and churches are eligible.Your church could receive these one of these grants simply by letting your congregation, clergy and community know that if...
In a statement to mark this year’s Season of Creation, the lead bishop for the environment for the Bishops’ Conference, Bishop John Arnold, has called for Catholics in England and Wales to take action to address the environmental crises of our times. This action, he...
The Holy See has long advocated for Palestinian self-determination and a two-state solution as the only viable option to bring security and peace to Israelis and Palestinians. On August 20, Israel’s Higher Planning Council gave final approval for 3,753 housing units...
Speaking on the feast day of Edith Stein, St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (August 9), Cardinal Vincent Nichols expressed his sorrow and condemnation after Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City.“There must be a better way, one that...
A National Pilgrimage Movement Comes to Middlesbrough Across England and Wales, a quiet revival is taking place, one step at a time. Through the Hearts in Search of God project, each Catholic diocese is rediscovering the grace of pilgrimage. The national website...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has welcomed the news that Saint John Henry Newman is to be declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV. The announcement has been met with great joy across the Catholic world, especially here in England. Newman will be the 38th saint to...
You are warmly invited to join the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Lady Chapel at Osmotherley on Sunday August 17 2025, in honour of the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady. This beautiful and longstanding pilgrimage has drawn Catholics from across our diocese...
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, dear friends, Dear Bishop John and Bishop Terry, I suspect that neither of you would have readily chosen that first reading from the Book of Sirach, which is assigned to today’s feast of Saints Joachim and Anne. In my experience,...
On Saturday 26 July 2025, the Diocese of Middlesbrough gathered with great joy at Saint Mary’s Cathedral to celebrate two extraordinary milestones in the life of the Church: 60 years of priesthood for Emeritus Bishop John Crowley, and 50 years for Bishop Terry...
