CAFOD has launched a summer fundraising offer for children, young people, families, parishes and the wider Catholic community as part of the Coronavirus appeal. You and your family are invited to be part of a Summer of Hope to ensure clean water and food reaches some...
York storyteller F Mary Callan has found lockdown an unexpected opportunity. With other events cancelled it has spurred her to post Inside Stories from the Bible on Youtube. “I decided to film a character a day for 40 days ending at Corpus Christi,” says Mary. “In...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has thanked the Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation for its “exceptional and magnificent” £1m donation to help Catholic charities cope with poverty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardinal Nichols praised the donation as “a remarkable gift...
You will be aware from the media that the government plans to allow the possibility that places of worship may be opened for private prayer as from Monday June 15, providing they are able to comply with the government’s strict regulations. Thorough preparations need...
Catholic bishops in England and Wales have issued a statement in solidarity with those struggling for racial justice after the death of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minnesota. Bishop Declan Lang, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales lead bishop for...
In an extended pastoral message for the feast day of St Boniface (June 5), Patron of the Diocese of Plymouth, Bishop Mark O’Toole expressed his hope that the Government “will see sense soon” and permit the opening of at least some churches for personal prayer. ...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has questioned why churches have not been allowed to open for private prayer. Speaking in his homily for Pentecost Sunday, the cardinal asks why churches have been excluded from a decision that has seen car showrooms and outdoor markets now...
Little Annabelle Anson has smashed through her fundraising target for Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice in Middlesbrough after completing a lockdown-style Ben Nevis challenge in her own home. Annabelle, aged seven, who lives with her family near Stokesley, climbed 612 flights...
This month Pope Francis asks that we pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus. Our prayer with the Pope in both his monthly and his new daily Intentions is always oriented towards changing our...
