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Cardinal Vincent Welcomes Modern Slavery Act
Cardinal Vincent Welcomes Modern Slavery Act
On 26 March, Royal Assent was given to the Modern Slavery Act 2015. In a statement issued on the day, Cardinal Vincent said: 'I welcome the Modern Slavery Act 2015 as the Bill receives Royal Assent today. While no Act can cover everything in th...Read more
26/03/2015
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates Requiem Mass for King Richard III
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates Requiem Mass for King Richard III
On Monday 23 March, Cardinal Vincent celebrated a Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of King Richard III at Holy Cross Priory in Leicester. Coming three days ahead of the King's re-interment at Leicester Cathedral, the Mass was concelebrated ...Read more
23/03/2015
Reception of Remains of King Richard III
Reception of Remains of King Richard III
On Sunday 22 March, Cardinal Vincent preached at a service of Compline for the reception of the remains of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral. Cardinal Vincent joined Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as well as representatives of othe...Read more
22/03/2015
Cardinal Preaches at Oscar Romero Ecumenical Service
Cardinal Preaches at Oscar Romero Ecumenical Service
On 21 March, Cardinal Vincent delivered the homily at an ecumenical service at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, to mark the 35 Cardinal Vincent attributed the strength of love and devotion for Archbishop Romero to his dedication to he...Read more
21/03/2015
Cardinal joins Religious Leaders to Pray for the Nation Ahead of General Election
Cardinal joins Religious Leaders to Pray for the Nation Ahead of General Election
Open prayer from the Pentecostal tradition was followed by a sung Orthodox liturgy. The Archbishop of Canterbury led the Litany for Reconciliation from Coventry Cathedral and the Cardinal led Midday Prayer. All the religious leaders in turn offere...Read more
20/03/2015
Cardinal Vincent Opens New School and Family Centre in Poplar
Cardinal Vincent Opens New School and Family Centre in Poplar
On 19 March, pupils, staff and guests from the Diocese and local area gathered to celebrate the opening of Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School and the St Francis Family Centre in Poplar. Cardinal Vincent celebrated Mass in the school ha...Read more
19/03/2015
Cardinal Vincent Welcomes Archbishop of Erbil
Cardinal Vincent Welcomes Archbishop of Erbil
Cardinal Vincent met with Archbishop Bashar during the latter's visit to the UK to ask for additional humanitarian help and protection for Iraqi Christians fleeing Isil attacks. The Archbishop was accompanied on this visit by a delegation that i...Read more
13/02/2015
Cardinal Vincent Condemns Sexual Violence in Warfare
Cardinal Vincent Condemns Sexual Violence in Warfare
Cardinal Vincent addressed the Inter-faith Consultation Conference at Lancaster House on 9 February on the theme of 'mobilising faith communities in ending sexual violence in conflict'.  In his address, the Cardinal called the use of sexual vi...Read more
10/02/2015
Cardinal Joins Celebration at Maronite Church
Cardinal Joins Celebration at Maronite Church
Cardinal Vincent joined the Maronite community at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in London for the celebration of their Eucharistic Liturgy on Sunday 8 February, the Feast of St Maroun. It was the first time that a bishop of the Diocese has been pr...Read more
09/02/2015
Cardinal Writes to Archbishop of Paris Following Terrorist Attacks
Cardinal Writes to Archbishop of Paris Following Terrorist Attacks
Cardinal Vincent has written to His Eminence Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, on 9 January expressing his condolences and offering his prayers for the French community following the attack on the offices of French sati...Read more
09/01/2015
Pastoral Letter: The Gift of Marriage and Family Life
Pastoral Letter: The Gift of Marriage and Family Life
On the Feast of the Holy Family, Cardinal Vincent has issued a pastoral letter to be read out in all parishes on 27th and 28th December 2014. In the letter, Cardinal Vincent invites all the faithful to 'ponder and pray over all the challenges a...Read more
27/12/2014
Cardinal Vincent Urges All to 'Open Our Eyes to the Vulnerable'
Cardinal Vincent Urges All to 'Open Our Eyes to the Vulnerable'
In an interview with Clare Balding on BBC2's Good Morning Christmas on Christmas Day said that he chose to focus on the vulnerable in his homily. He explained that his inspiration came from looking at the Crib, at the vulnerability of the Infant J...Read more
25/12/2014
Cardinal Vincent Invites All to 'Come to the Crib'
Cardinal Vincent Invites All to 'Come to the Crib'
Cardinal Vincent celebrated Midnight Mass at Westminster Cathedral on Christmas Eve. In his homily, the Cardinal spoke of the radical kingship of Jesus and His rule of love. He said, 'The rule of love is promulgated through vulnerability!' H...Read more
24/12/2014
Cardinal Vincent's Christmas Message for 2014
Cardinal Vincent's Christmas Message for 2014
Sitting by the Nativity scene in Archbishop's House, Cardinal Vincent delivers his Christmas message for 2014 about the opening arms of the Baby Jesus in the Manger. Read more
23/12/2014
Santa Marta Group Holds Second Trafficking Conference
Santa Marta Group Holds Second Trafficking Conference
The Santa Marta Group, led by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and Cardinal Vincent, is an alliance of international police chiefs and bishops from around the world working together with civil society to eradicate human traf...Read more
08/12/2014
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates Mass to Open Year of Consecrated Life
Cardinal Vincent Celebrates Mass to Open Year of Consecrated Life
Cardinal Vincent celebrated a Mass to inaugurate the Year of Consecrated Life on Saturday 29 November at Westminster Cathedral. Concelebrating were Bishop John Sherrington and priests from the Diocese. Cardinal Vincent began his homily by refle...Read more
01/12/2014
Cardinal Vincent Visits Gaza
Cardinal Vincent Visits Gaza
Cardinal Vincent took time out from the diocesan pilgrimage to the Holy Land on Sunday 23 November to visit the Catholic parish in Gaza. He celebrated Mass and met parishioners in Gaza City. Of the 1.8 million residents of Gaza, only 150 are Catho...Read more
24/11/2014
Cardinal Vincent Addresses CMA Conference for Healthcare Students
Cardinal Vincent Addresses CMA Conference for Healthcare Students
The inaugural Catholic Medical Association Conference for Healthcare Students took place at Wesminster Cathedral Hall on 8 November. The opening address was given by Cardinal Vincent who spoke on the new evangelization, following the example set b...Read more
08/11/2014
Cardinal Vincent delivers his address
Cardinal calls on Parliament to take a lead from Catholic social action
In his address, the Cardinal called on MPs and Lords to learn from the Church's hands-on approach to tackling the reality of poverty in the UK through its many charities, such as CSAN, the SVP and the Cardinal Hume Centre. He said: 'A cruci...Read more
06/11/2014
Cardinal's Written Intervention for the Extraordinary Synod
Cardinal's Written Intervention for the Extraordinary Synod
INTERVENTION TEXT III Extraordinary General Synod of Bishops: Pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization 5 to 19 October 2014 A fruitful context for the discussions of this Synod is provided by three parables in Ch...Read more
30/10/2014
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