Cardinal's Homilies

This evening we gather here in this Cathedral to give thanks to God for our new Holy Father, Pope Francis. Together with so many from Latin America, we thank God for this gift to the Church from Argentina!Read more

Westminster Cathedral: Celebration of Mass with Participants in the CCEE Meeting of Bishops and Representatives for Relations with Muslims in EuropeRead more

Westminster Cathedral 28 April 2013 Since his election to the See of Peter, Pope Francis has caught the imagination of the world. This he has done through word and deed. His call to love and respect those in our midst who are most poor and needy ...Read more

My brothers and sisters: these are precious moments. Today we are saddened at heart by the death of Fr Jim Brand. We miss his gracious and joyful presence.Read more

At our Mass today we rejoice in our new Holy Father, Pope Francis. We thank God for the gift of his election and for the many talents he brings to his ministry to the Apostolic See.Read more

It is my great joy to wish you all a very happy Easter. Where better to be, than here together in this great cathedral, offering our praise and thanks to God!Read more

This Easter Vigil is a celebration of light and life: the triumph of light over darkness and life over death.Read more

This afternoon we stand at the foot of the cross. In a little while each of us has the opportunity to approach the cross and to kiss the feet of Christ, as he hangs in death.Read more

The depth and beauty of the Feast we celebrate this evening is well expressed in the phrases of the opening prayer.Read more

Our reflection at this solemn Mass of Chrism and the renewal of the ministry of our priests takes its key from the reading we have heard from the Book of Revelation:Read more

As we begin this Holy Week and accompany the Lord in his suffering, death and resurrection, there is an image I would like you to keep in mindRead more

Every funeral Mass is an act of faith. This Mass today, for Fr. Heaney, is one such act of faith.Read more

Let us pray that Pope Francis will be strong and faithful in the work God has given him to carry out, and that the exercise of his Petrine ministry will always be to the greater glory of God. Amen.Read more

Feast of the Chair of St. Peter & Diocesan Mass in Thanksgiving for Pope Benedict XVI's ministry 22 February 2013 This evening during this Mass we pray especially for Pope Benedict XVI. On Thursday we shall cease to do so, as his name will n...Read more