Cardinal's News
On 24 March, Maundy Thursday, Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrated the Mass of the Lord's Supper at Westminster Cathedral. The Mass remembers Christ's institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper and the washing of His disciple's feet. In ...Read more
Solemn Vespers were celebrated in The Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace on Tuesday 9 February 2016, in all probability for the first time in 450 years.
There were many news reports about this event, concentrating largely on the history of the ...Read more
Following the attacks on Brussels on Tuesday, 22 March, Cardinal Vincent has sent condolences to Archbishop Jozef de Kesel, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, and Belgian Ambassador Guy Trouveroy.
In the letter to Archbishop de Kesel, the Cardina...Read more
Cardinal Vincent celebrated the Chrism Mass for the diocese at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday 22 March. The Mass was concelebrated by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop Emeritus, the Most Reverend Antonio Mennini, the Apostolic Nuncio...Read more
The Religious Congregation of the Sisters of Charity who founded St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney marked the bicentenary of the foundation of their order by the Venerable Mary Aikenhead with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Vincent at the hospice on 10...Read more
On Tuesday 8 March Cardinal Vincent hosted the annual Pope Benedict XVI lecture at Archbishop's House. He was joined by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi who discussed the theme: 'Living as a creative minority in the U...Read more
On the evening of 4 March, a Mass of thanksgiving was held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock Church in Kensington to commemorate the 150
The principal celebrant was Cardinal Vincent who paid tribute to Mother Sacramento, as she cho...Read more
On 8 February, the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, Cardinal Vincent visited Cardinal Pole School in Hackney for a special prayer service. Listen to the Cardinal's speak from the assembly here:Â
In the audio clip below, Year 7 students from Card...Read more
On 30 January, Cardinal Vincent addressed the second international coordinating meeting of Talitha Kum, the international network of consecrated life against trafficking in human persons. The Cardinal expressed his 'admiration for the witness' whi...Read more
Cardinal Vincent paid tribute to the Catholic Philanthropist Arthur Gubay who died on 5 January 2016 on the day that the Arthur Gubay Charitable Foundation announced it expected to make £10 million in donations to charities annually.Â
Accordi...Read more
On 28 January, Cardinal Vincent addressed the CATSC/CES Secondary Leaders' Conference in London.
In his speech he talked about the increasing use of social media by terrorist groups to recruit young people. He said: 'What was most chilling ...Read more
Cardinal Vincent will celebrate Vespers in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace on Tuesday 9 February. He will be joined by the Bishop of London, Dean of the Chapel Royal, who will give the homily.
Vespers will be dedicated to St John the B...Read more
Cardinal Vincent celebrated Midnight Mass at Westminster Cathedral this Christmas Eve 2015.Â
In his homily, he focused on the scene at the crib and its significance for all, especially in this Year of Mercy.Â
In his homily, he focused on ...Read more
Writing in the Telegraph on 19 December, Cardinal Vincent Read more
Representatives from the Chaldean Catholic, Syriac Catholic, Maronite Catholic, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic and Greek Catholic Melkit
The Prince of Wales told the gathering of his visits to the region and the testimonies he had heard fr...Read more
In a homily given at the Metropolitan Police Carol Service in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 15 December 2015, Cardinal Nichols thanked the Metropolitan Police for their 'vigilance' and 'courage'.
Comparing them to St Joseph in his role a...Read more
In the interview he explained that 'Pope Francis from his very first words has wanted to draw our attention to that depth of God's love for us that becomes his mercy for us when he sees us make a mess of things'. Consequently, the Holy Fathe...Read more
On Tuesday 8 December parishioners at Farm Street were joined by Cardinal Vincent to celebrate their 50th anniversary year. The church officially became a parish of the Diocese of Westminster on 8 December 1965.
The Mass also celebrated reaching ...Read more
The parish of Notre Dame de France, the French church in Leicester Square, has rounded out a year of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of its foundation with a Solemn Mass on Sunday 6 December.
Cardinal Vincent was the principal celebr...Read more
Cardinal Vincent has issued a statement on the same day that Parliament is expected to vote on strikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. In his statement, the Cardinal said:
'Effective action is necessary to stop the grave harm being inflicted by I...Read more