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I began the day at the CAFOD temporary office. This is a single room about 15ft square and housing a staff of seven. They are often out of the office but it is nonetheless crowded. The building next to their permanent offices was sold and demolish...Read more
We met Bishop Olivier, the Apostolic Vicar for Phnom Penh and one of three bishop Vicars Apostolic for the whole of Cambodia. He rattled off a lot of statistics that emphasized the missionary character of this country. There are just 70 secular pr...Read more
The contrasts to be seen here in Phnom Penh are at once both fascinating and distressing. The new wealth has clearly transformed the lives of, say, twenty per cent of the population. For the rest, life is lived on the streets, from the countless e...Read more
Red, my host for the day, is a man who lost both legs from an anti-personnel device, a land mine. He was in the military when it happened in 1982. He is now 53 and works with Jesuit Refugee Services for amputees and disabled people. The Khmer Roug...Read more
It seems to be hard-wired into human nature: from papyrus scrolls and scratchings on clay tablets to posts on Facebook, people keep creating new and ingenious ways to communicate. At the heart of communication is not the transmission of a message ...Read more
Members of the Carmelite family from across Britain gathered in Kensington Priory on 15 October to open a year of celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Teresa of Avila.
More than 600 guests, including the Spanish Ambassado...Read more
On Saturday 11 October two Mercy Sisters were honoured with a special Mass and party by the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Souls, Kensal New Town, to celebrate their 50 years of ministry within the parish.
Sr Margarita Cunningham and Sr Angela Mo...Read more
For more than 200 years the huge three-sided gallows known as the 'Tyburn Tree' stood near the present-day Marble Arch. It was a notorious instrument of mass execution, upon which more than 1000 people met their deaths, including 105 beatified...Read more
The Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia in Lincoln Inn Fields hosted the Papal Knights and Dames on the evening of 3 October. They had come for the annual celebration of Mass in honour of St Gregory the Great, Blessed Pius IX and St Sylvester, the ...Read more
The feeling of joy was palpable during the celebration of Mass as Cardinal Vincent was received and 'took possession' of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer and St Alphonsus on 2 October. Situated on the Via Merulana, the Church, designed by ...Read more
Bishop Douglass School in Finchley this year celebrated the 50
Students and staff past and present were in attendance for the celebration including the first Head Girl, Mrs Maureen Glencross (née Farrell) and Ms Iride Villa, one of the founder...Read more
On 22 September Sion-Manning Girls' School was privileged and delighted to host the Deanery Mass celebrated by Cardinal Vincent with nearly 200 guests. Most represented the 7 Diocesan Primary Schools and 4 Secondary Schools in the 2 Deaneries of N...Read more
This year St James' Catholic High School in Colindale is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its founding by the Dominican Sisters. The celebrations have been a wonderful opportunity to mark this anniversary, celebrate our rich heritage and hist...Read more
Modern Languages Week took over St Benedict's School with a programme of events to celebrate different languages and cultures. Year 7 parents and pupils enjoyed the French Family Evening with some traditional French cuisine. Year 10 pupils study...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