Cardinal's News
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
In a letter sent to Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, on 12 August 2014, Cardinal Vincent has 'welcomed the humanitarian efforts' that the British government has made in Iraq over the past few days and has urged that the 'relief operation' an...Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols was a guest on the Sunday programme on BBC4 on 10 August. He spoke about the plight of Iraqi Christians and other beleaguered minorities.Â
The Cardinal called for humanitarian aid and protection for these communities.
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols has issued a statement on 8 August 2014, asking for 'urgent help and protection' for the persecuted communities in northern Iraq.
The Cardinal has called on Her Majesty's Government to lead the efforts to 'provide urgen...Read more
Cardinal Vincent has issued a statement on the situation in Gaza. The statement reads:
Faced with the increasing violence that is engulfing the people of Gaza, my thoughts and prayers, and those of the Catholic community, are constantly with al...Read more
Cardinal Vincent led the catechesis on the first day of the Lourdes pilgrimage on the Joy of Conversion.  He began by talking about the three stories of Lourdes: the story of Bernadette and what happened in 1858; the story of living and sharing ...Read more
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Pause for thought
17 July 2014.
On Sunday I'm off to the south of France! Not on holiday - that comes later - but to Lourdes, the pilgrim shrine in the Pyrenees. We go at the invitation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who appear...Read more
In a letter sent to the Members of the House of Lords today, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has joined the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the Commonwealth and the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of...Read more
Cardinal Vincent has been appointed the first Chancellor of St Mary's University, Twickenham in London. His appointment will take effect from 1st September 2014.
St Mary's Board of Governors was informed of the Cardinal's agreement to bec...Read more
His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrated Mass on the 400
In his homily, Cardinal Vincent recalled the origins of the College as 'a simple novitiate established in Louvain in 1607' and traced its history through successive changes to i...Read more
In the pastoral letter Cardinal Vincent spoke about the Sacrament of Marriage being the work of the Holy Spirit:Â
"Today I invite you to see Pentecost as a feast of the family. In the eyes of faith, marriage and family life are essentially the...Read more
On 22 May, Cardinal Vincent was appointed to the Congregation for Clergy, the Congregation for Bishops, the Congregation for Oriental Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. This means he is now a member of four bodies o...Read more
When it was announced in January that the Archbishop Vincent Nichols was to be elevated to the College of Cardinals, the faithful of the three dioceses with which he had been most closely connected made a collection to honour the event. The Card...Read more
Following the news of the tragic death of Ann Maguire, a teacher at Corpus Christi College in Leeds, Cardinal Vincent expressed his shock and sorrow: Today I express my utter shock and sadness at the tragic killing of Mrs Ann Maguire at Corpus C.....Read more
At the Mass of the Easter Vigil on 19 April Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, called for Christians to rejoice in Christ’s resurrection and to take His message to the world: 'I bring you a message of great joy. Christ is r...Read more
Cardinal Vincent also gave the Good Friday ‘Thought for the Day’ on BBC Radio 4. In his reflection the Cardinal spoke about human trafficking, and the recent conference organised by the Bishops’ Conference in England and Wales, w...Read more