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Cardinal Vincent has given the following statement after the announcement of the EU referendum result to leave the European Union:
'A great tradition of the United Kingdom is to respect the will of the people, expressed at the ballot box. Today...Read more
On Friday 24 June, Bishop John Wilson joined students from Rosary Primary Catholic School in Hampstead to bury a time capsule in a construction site next to the school. Bishop John donated the items for the capsule, which included an image of Pope...Read more
As part of our work with prisoners and their families, we are pleased to announce that we are working on a new project to develop parish volunteering with chaplaincies, prisoners and ex-prisoners.Read more
Cardinal Vincent has sent a message to the annual Anglophone Safeguarding Conference currently underway in Rome.
He stresses that although much has been done, there's much more to do 'in both the prevention and response to this crime'.
T...Read more
In a letter sent to parishes in the diocese on Friday 17 June, Cardinal Vincent has asked that they 'include prayers for the forthcoming EU Referendum' in the celebration of Mass.
Re-iterating the call of the Bishops of England and Wales in April...Read more
Following the murder of MP Jo Cox on her way to a constituency surgery on 16 June, the Bishops of English and Wales issued this statement:
'We are profoundly saddened and shocked at the death of Jo Cox. Our society has lost a dedicated public ser...Read more
The Day for Life is the day in the Church's calendar dedicated to celebrating the dignity of human life from conception to natural death.
This year Day for Life, which takes place Sunday 19 June, focuses on the wonder of the gift of human life an...Read more
At our Volunteer Evening on 7 June, we introduced our new volunteer service for the Catholic community in the Diocese of Westminster. Find out more about what we are offering for volunteers and organisations.Read more
On the feast of St Barnabas, 11 June, Julio Albornoz, Michael Maguire, Joseph Okoro and Carlos Quito, who have been training at Allen Hall Seminary were ordained deacons by Bishop Nicholas at the Cathedral.Â
In the homily, directly ahead of th...Read more
We are delighted to announce that we are launching our new Catholic Volunteer Service in partnership with the Jewish Volunteer Network . We introduced the service at our Volunteer Evening on 7 June to an audience of 100 potential and current…Read more
On 12 June, the Sunday closest to the Queen's official birthday, we are invited to pray for Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her 90th birthday.Â
In addition to the intention for the Queen in the Bidding Prayers, the following prayer will...Read more
At Mass at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich to celebrate the 40
Using the cathedral as the starting point of his reflection, the Cardinal spoke of the reasons to be thankful on this anniversary. Pointing to the images of Ss Felix...Read more
On Saturday 28 May,six men in formation at Allen Hall Seminary were admitted as Candidates for Holy by Archbishop George Stack, Archbishop of Cardiff, at a Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen and Mother of Mercy.
The men admitted to Candidacy...Read more
For this month's Vocations Blog, Canon Stuart writes about his former role as Chair of Caritas Westminster.Read more
In his homily, the Cardinal looked to the example of the saints whose feast is celebrated today, explaining that 'their suffering and their faithfulness was in bearing witness to Christ, the one who in his divinity raises our humanity to its ful...Read more
By Canon Stuart Wilson
The phone call from the Cardinal usually comes in the afternoon. In the last two years I have had two of them. Each time Cardinal Vincent has asked me to come and see him so he can talk about something.Â
The first time wa...Read more