A message from Episcopal Vicar for Christian Discipleship CANON JOHN LUMLEY ahead of the fourth World Day of the Poor, which takes place this Sunday (November 15).Last year we were able to host a hugely inspiring event in St Mary's Cathedral involving various...
Father Bill Serplus has raised an impressive £2,395 for York Mind with a challenging 25-mile coastal walk from Whitby to Redcar. The parish priest of St Aelred’s in York came up with the idea after being asked what he would do for his annual sponsored event. “Everyone...
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) investigation report into the Roman Catholic Church of England and Wales was published on November 10 2020.This investigation report examines the extent of institutional failings by the Roman Catholic Church in...
We continue our fervent prayer for all of humanity this month, as the whole world continues to suffer from the pandemic, yet we keep in our prayer another concern that will affect us all, now and in the generations that follow us.Pope Francis asks us to pray with him...
Depaul UK chief executive Mike Thiedke says the Covid crisis is placing thousands of young people at risk of harm and abuse.The youth homelessness charity CEO was speaking at the launch of the final report in a five-year research project “Danger Zones and Stepping...
The coronavirus pandemic has left Bethlehem’s tourism-reliant economy in tatters, according to a shop owner, who has appealed to pilgrims, saying he longs for the day when they can safely return. Rony Tabash, owner of the Nativity Store in Bethlehem, told Catholic...
A statement from the president and the vice-president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England And Wales on the national lockdown… On Wednesday November 4, Parliament passed into law the Regulations governing many aspects of activity in the whole of England...
Places of worship are expected to be required to end all acts of collective worship except funeral ceremonies during the one-month lockdown that begins on Thursday (November 5). Introducing the response to this news below from the president and vice-president of the...
During November and throughout Advent we will be invited to come together to pray as a diocese. This initiative begins on All Saints Day, Sunday November 1. Please join us for Evening Prayer of the Church. Sunday November 1 at 7pm (All Saints Day): Evening and Night...
