The Catholic Council has welcomed the publication of the panel of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's final report after seven years of work. It issued the following statement...The Church thanks the inquiry for its work and will carefully study its...
World Mission Sunday will be celebrated this weekend in every Catholic community throughout the world. Coordinated by Missio, it is a moment of grace to express solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Christ. Especially those who are living in situations of...
Pope Francis has given his support to an international campaign praying for peace in Ukraine and other war-torn regions of the world. Following the Angelus prayer in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square on Sunday (October 16), Pope Francis congratulated all the young...
Reconnecting with our mission An autumn reflection from our adult formation coordinator, Deacon David Cross... Autumn is a wonderful season. Trees give us one last vivid, golden flourish as they begin to lose their leaves. As the sun sets earlier, we are more likely...
The travelling Shroud of Turin Exhibition, which takes life-sized replicas of what is said to be Christ’s burial cloth around the world, is coming to Scarborough. The actual shroud is housed in the cathedral of the Italian city of Turin.This exhibition, featuring...
I'm sure, like many families, when we gather together as a family, we talk about people in the past, our parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, people who we've known. That’s when the old biscuit tin comes out, which contains all the photographs, all the...
In the Gospel this Sunday (October 9), Jesus heals 10 people of leprosy. To coincide with the reading, the St Francis Leprosy Guild tells us more about this terrible disease and the charity's quest to see it wiped out for good... We might think of leprosy as a disease...
Pact, the national Catholic charity that supports prisoners and their families, is asking for your support and prayers for its important work as we mark Prisoners Sunday this weekend (October 9).The charity’s services manager Claire Malarkey works at HMP Askham Grange...
World Mission Sunday – the one day in the year when the entire global Church comes together in support of mission – is this coming weekend (Sunday October 23).Coordinated by Missio, the Pope’s charity for world mission, World Mission Sunday is an opportunity to...
