Middlesbrough Diocese

Pope Leo invites us to pray for priests in crisis

Michael McG — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:27:55 +0000

At the beginning of Holy Week, Pope Leo XIV announces that his prayer intention for the month of April is dedicated to priests in crisis and the need to care for them, listen to them and accompany them. Through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network’s Pray with the Pope campaign, the Holy Father invites the faithful […]

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Congratulations, Father Douglas!

Michael McG — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:41:02 +0000

We were delighted to celebrate the ordination of Father Douglas McKittrick to the priesthood at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday April 29. Bishop Marcus’s first ordination in our diocese, it was a joyful and grace-filled moment for our diocesan family. We give thanks to God for Father Douglas, for his vocation and for his generous […]

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Church criticises ‘unacceptable’ blocking of Palm Sunday Mass

Michael McG — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:09:35 +0000

The Most Reverend Richard Moth, Archbishop of Westminster, has responded to Israeli police blocking Church leaders from celebrating Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (March 29).Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with […]

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