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Cardinal Vincent with young people visiting the Venerable English College in October (Mazur/Catholicnews.org.uk)
Cardinal thanks everyone for prayers
  I write to thank you for your prayers for me over these last three weeks. I have been able to take the rest that I needed and now feel much recovered. I have been blessed to have been able to do this at such short notice.   As Advent ...Read more
03/12/2018
Cardinal Vincent with  Polish Senate award
Cardinal awarded Polish Senate honour
At the Mass celebrating the centenary of Polish Independence at Westminster Cathedral on 10 Following the greetings at the end of Mass, including one from the Cardinal, Senator Anna Maria Anders, daughter of General Władysław Anders, also ad...Read more
23/11/2018
Cardinal Vincent with students from St Mary's University at the post-synod event in October
Cardinal recovering after being taken ill at Remembrance Requiem
On Remembrance Sunday, Cardinal Vincent was taken ill while celebrating the Solemn Requiem Mass of the Fallen in Westminster Cathedral and had to leave the sanctuary. Read more
13/11/2018
Cardinal shares Synod reflections with young people
Cardinal shares Synod reflections with young people
On Tuesday 30 The gathering was opened by Diocesan Youth Chaplain Fr Mark Walker, who thanked the nearly 90 young people for coming to hear the reflections of the Cardinal and to discuss them with their peers. He led the audience in The Car...Read more
01/11/2018
Dialogue of faith between generations
Dialogue of faith between generations
by Cardinal Vincent Nichols My memories of sunshine in August may now have faded, but the sense of shock and shame that marked that month have not. In many ways it has been the most disturbing of times in the life of the Church for 50 years. Th...Read more
25/10/2018
Church has crucial role in fight against human trafficking
Church has crucial role in fight against human trafficking
In his intervention at the Synod on Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment, Cardinal Vincent chose to address the 'crushing poverty faced by young people in the world and the consequent dangerous journeys they undertake in search of prosperity ...Read more
23/10/2018
Cardinal Vincent with Bishops Ralph Heskett and Mark O'Toole, and Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta
Cardinal reflects on 'rich exchange' between bishops and young people
At the end of the third week of the Synod on Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment, Cardinal Vincent reflects on 'the richness of the experience' in this latest podcast. Throughout this synod with young people and bishops talking together...Read more
22/10/2018
Cardinal reflects on themes of second week of Synod
Cardinal reflects on themes of second week of Synod
In this part, we've been trying to look more deeply at the reality in front of us and to discuss the Church's response to it. There have been some marvellous debates, full of energy and actually full of fun. Some of the key words that have ...Read more
11/10/2018
Cardinal reflects on first days of synod on youth
Cardinal reflects on first days of synod on youth
The synod of bishops on young people, faith and discernment is now two and a half days old and it's becoming very obvious that a pattern is emerging. These two days we've heard some wonderful contributions full of energy, full of life, s...Read more
10/10/2018
Cardinal reflects on event with young people at the synod
Cardinal reflects on event with young people at the synod
On Saturday 6 On Saturday evening, we had a very remarkable festival of youth where we heard quite astonishing testimonies from young people, coming out of the most awful circumstances, and finding their way, often with the help of a priest bac...Read more
10/10/2018
A clear vision for marriage
A clear vision for marriage
Marriage preparation is a journey, and should be approached as 'an expression of welcome and solidarity', said Cardinal Vincent in his keynote address at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin on 23 Unfolding the vision of the Church for m...Read more
04/09/2018
Cardinal receives Prague award for work against human trafficking
Cardinal receives Prague award for work against human trafficking
I was very pleased to receive the Hanno R Ellenbogen Citizenship Award on behalf of the Santa Marta Group (SMG) in Prague on 30 On the same evening awards were made posthumously to Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušrínová, two journalists who strov...Read more
04/09/2018
Cardinal expresses sorrow and shame about abuse in the Church
Cardinal expresses sorrow and shame about abuse in the Church
Cardinal Vincent has written to clergy of the diocese in response to the letter from Pope Francis on the abuse of children in the Church.  In the letter, the Cardinal expresses sorrow and shame, saying:  'I am so sorry for the hurt that ...Read more
22/08/2018
Cardinal expresses 'solidarity in prayer' for victims of Keralan floods
Cardinal expresses 'solidarity in prayer' for victims of Keralan floods
On Tuesday 21st August, Cardinal Vincent wrote to the Keralan/Malayalam Catholic community to express his 'solidarity in prayer' for the victims of the Keralan floods. In the letter addressed to Frs Johnson Alexander and Sebastian Joseph,  ...Read more
22/08/2018
Adoremus: A time of special grace
Adoremus: A time of special grace
by Cardinal Vincent Nichols  The days of the Eucharistic Congress The Eucharist take us to the heart of our faith; the celebrations and processions of To be before the Blessed Sacrament, to share in the Mass, to be filled with a profound...Read more
23/07/2018
Cardinal Praises JRS Refugee Work
Cardinal Praises JRS Refugee Work
On Friday 13 The centre is open every Thursday for refugees and asylum seekers, who are welcomed to a safe space staffed by volunteers, where they can talk and share their difficulties over a meal. Upon arriving, the Cardinal was taken on a ...Read more
16/07/2018
Cardinal Vincent with Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Islamic leaders from Great Britain on the occasion of the historic audience with Pope France
Cardinal Vincent mourns death of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
Following the announcement 6 In a statement released on the same day, the Cardinal said: 'With sadness I receive the announcement of the death of His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauron. This morning I celebrated Mass for the repose of his s...Read more
06/07/2018
'We will strive to renew our priestly mission and purpose,' says Cardinal
'We will strive to renew our priestly mission and purpose,' says Cardinal
In a pastoral letter read in parishes on the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 24 Looking to the example of St John Southworth, 'a key patron of priests of this diocese,' the Cardinal calls him an 'inspiration and intercessor us'. The bo...Read more
24/06/2018
Cardinal praises 'selfless courage' of police
Cardinal praises 'selfless courage' of police
At the annual Metropolitan Police Remembrance Service on 14 He particularly remembered 'those whose commitment to justice led them to respond with selfless courage in the tragedies' that had hit London in the previous year, and especially t...Read more
21/06/2018
Bakhita House visit
'As a Church, we have a great part to play in eradicating human trafficking.'
by Cardinal Vincent Nichols Human trafficking has been described by Pope Francis as 'an open wound on the body of humanity'. Since we are all part of that humanity, human trafficking defaces us all.  He goes on to say that it is 'a wound in...Read more
12/06/2018
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