A statement from the President and Vice President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales “Yesterday’s news of the charges brought against Bishop David Oakley is deeply distressing for all, both within the Catholic community and...
Bishop Marcus presented the BBC’s Daily Service for the Feast of SS John Fisher and Thomas More.The programme offers space for spiritual reflection, featuring a Bible reading, prayer and a selection of sacred music recorded at Leeds Cathedral.The service was recorded...
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 27,...
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 campaign,...
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...
