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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
Bishop Declan Lang, the Chairman of International Affairs at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has issued a prayer appeal for Iraq. In his statement, Bishop Delcan invites all Catholics to pray for the people of Iraq in a un...Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrated a Requiem Mass for the Fallen at Westminster Cathedral on 4 August 2014, the centenary of the start of World War 1.Â
In his homily, Cardinal Vincent quoted from the account of Fr Timothy Ring of Commercial R...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
On Wednesday, the pilgrims attende
d Mass at the Grotto.Â
Prior to the Mass, Fr Roger Reader undertook a very special commission on behalf of the young offenders in his care at Feltham Young Offenders Prison.
As Cardinal Vincent explaine...Read more
Today is the final day of the pilgrimage. Cardinal Vincent introduces the day and asks pilgrims to think about what they will take home with them and what they will leave behind in Lourdes.
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On Wednesday, the International Mass was celebrated in the Cathedral of St Pius X, also known as the underground Cathedral.Â
Cardinal Vincent was the principal celebrant, along with bishops and priests from several countries. The Mass was att...Read more
On day 2, the pilgrims attended a Mass with the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick at the chapel of St Bernadette Cote Grotte. Cardinal Vincent Nichols was the principal celebrant, and he was joined by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Bishop John ...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
On Saturday 19 July Cardinal Vincent Nichols ordained three new permanent deacons for the Diocese of Westminster: Justin Cross, Ian Edwards, Stephen Khokhar.
In his Homily the Cardinal said to be a deacon 'is to be called to a ministry in the...Read more
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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 tog...Read more
BBC Radio 2
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