Bishop Marcus has announced a series of clergy appointments across the diocese, to take effect this summer. Monsignor Canon Gerard Robinson has been appointed parochial administrator of St George’s Parish, York, with Father Timothy Whitwell, of the Diocese of Leeds,...
Nine months ago, the first millennial saint was canonised. St Carlo Acutis has since become widely venerated, not least because his life speaks so directly to the experience of contemporary Catholics. Born and baptised in London to an Italian family, he later moved to...
Catholics are being invited to take part in an online afternoon of prayer and reflection exploring one of the most fundamental truths of the Christian life: that each person is beloved by God. Organised by the School for Synodality, the Zoom event, on Saturday June...
A leading biblical scholar will deliver the Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture at Ushaw later this month. The Centre for Catholic Studies (CCS) at Durham University has announced that booking is now open for the annual lecture, which will be given by Paula Gooder, Canon...
Just days before one of the largest sporting events, the FIFA World Cup, Pope Leo XIV dedicates his June prayer intention to the values of sports, “to build communion and fraternity in history”. Through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network’s Pray with the Pope...
Pope Leo’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, is available to read online via the Vatican website here. The Catholic Truth Society has put together a series of resources to help equip lay...
President of the Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Richard Moth, has welcomed the publication of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter Magnifica Humanitas. “I welcome today’s publication of Pope Leo’s first...
St Thomas More’s Church in Middlesbrough will host a "24 Hours of Eucharistic Adoration" event in honour of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The event will begin at 6pm on Thursday June 11 and will conclude at the same time the following day (Friday June 12).The church...
Bishop Marcus joined Bishop Emeritus Terry and clergy and lay faithful from across the diocese and beyond to celebrate Holy Mass in thanksgiving for 40 years of St Mary’s Cathedral. Consecrated by Bishop Augustine Harris on Sunday May 15 1988, the cathedral was built...
