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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
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
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
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
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
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has issued a pastoral letter reflecting on the recent Synod to be read out in all parishes in Westminster at Masses this weekend.
In the letter, Cardinal Vincent explains that the Synod 'was about the pastoral care th...Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols held a press conference at the Bishops' Conference on 21 October 2014 to reflect on the Extraordinary Synod on the Family which was held in Rome between 5-19 October. Fr Manuel Dorantes, who works for the Vatican Press Of...Read more
The Cardinal described a 'vigorous synod' with a 'dramatic ending' after the production of the final document and the voting process on whether to accept all 60 of its paragraphs.
He went on to praise Pope Francis for saying that he will ...Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has given his comments from Rome on the Relatio Post Disceptationem - the mid-term report on the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops meeting in the Vatican to discuss family life.
"This account of the discussions of the fi...Read more
Cardinal Vincent is taking part in the Synod on the Family in Rome as a Synod Father.
In this podcast recorded at the Venerable English College on 8 October, a few days into the Synod, he shares his insight into the proceedings so far.Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke at a press briefing regarding the discussions that had taken place at the synod on the family so far. The briefing was led by Fr Lombardi, the Director of the Vatican Press Office, at Sala Stampa della Santa Sede wit...Read more
On 2 October 2014, Cardinal Vincent Nichols took possession of his titular church in Rome, Santissimo Redentore e Sant'Alfonso in Via Merulana. Sant'Alfonso is home to the famous icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (or Perpetual Help) which ...Read more
On the eve of the Synod of the Family which begins later this week in Rome, the Cardinal spoke about taking possession of his titular Church in Rome and the famous icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour which is stored there.Â
The full transcri...Read more
On Saturday 27 September, Pope Francis sent Cardinal Vincent greetings on the occasion of the Feast Day of St Vincent de Paul:
I am pleased to send warm greetings to you and the assurance of my prayers as you celebrate the feast of your heavenly ...Read more
On 23 September, Cardinal Vincent spoke to the media to outline some of the themes which he sees will be prominent at the forthcoming Synod on the Family.Â
The Cardinal will take a direct part in the proceedings of the Synod as President of th...Read more
On 20 September, Cardinal Vincent Nichols gave the following address to at the first Ordinariate Festival, which took place in Westminster Cathedral Hall, followed by Mass in the Cathedral.Â
On 4 November 2009, Pope Benedict issued his Apostol...Read more
In his homily at the Mass celebrating the centenary of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Cardinal Vincent comments on the challenges to Catholic education today.
The Cardinal compares the challenges in the previous century and Cardinal Bour...Read more
It is with great sadness that we hear of the killing of David Haines in what can only be described as a repugnant and chilling attack on human life. In its destructive savagery, it is an act that expresses the worst and most misguided aspects of h...Read more
Cardinal Vincent spoke at the Annual Marriage Conference, which took place in Daventry on 13 September 2014. In his address, the Cardinal recognised the work of the charity since its inception at the end of the Second World War in helping couples ...Read more
On 11 September 2014, Cardinal Vincent addressed the Nikaean Club on the role of faith and reason in communicating the proclamation of the 'true image of God and the shape of our fundamental relationship with him.'
Founded in commemoration of the...Read more