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Edmund Adamus discusses initial feedback from the recent questionnaire on the family which came from Rome ahead of two Synods on the family called by Pope Francis.Read more
Cardinal Nichols speaks on the BBC's Andrew Marr show about welfare reforms and becoming a Cardinal:Read more
Thousands of Westminster parishioners, with 170 priests of the Diocese, gathered in the Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood on 28 February to welcome His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, at a Solemn Mass and Rite of R...Read more
On the morning he was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis, Cardinal Vincent delivered the Thought for the Day on the Today programme on Radio 4. The transcript is below: Later this morning Pope Francis will create 19 Cardinals. I ...Read more
The week before Cardinal Vincent received the red hat, he spoke to the Telegraph newspaper about the benefit cuts and the increasing number of people facing hunger and destitution. He also said the basic safety net that was put in place to protect...Read more
A lecture series run by Faith Movement is restarting in the crypt of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Warwick Street. The talks listed below all begin at 7.30pm and should last no longer than an hour. All are welcome and admittance is free for a...Read more
Following his elevation to the Sacred College of Cardinals at the weekend, a Mass with Solemn Rite of Welcome will be held this Friday, 28th February, at 5.30pm to welcome His Eminence, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, back to Westminster. The Mass will ...Read more
The Consistory of Saturday 22nd February and Mass with new Cardinals celebrated in St Peter's Basilica on Sunday 23rd February were both streamed live on Vatican TV over the weekend. It was the first collection of cardinals created under Pope Fran...Read more
By Fr Nicholas Schofield, Diocesan Archivist Whenever I am in Rome I always pop into Cardinal Cormac's beautiful titularchurch of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. So I was interested to hear which church had been assigned to Cardinal Nichols (a cu...Read more
Archbishop Vincent Nichols has been created Cardinal by Pope Francis.Read more
The Marriage and Family Life Office of the Diocese is hosting a weekend conference on beauty, freedom and the family to be held at St Patrick's Church, Soho Square, London. The conference will be held from the 28th February - 2nd March...Read more
Westminster's progress towards Fairtrade Diocese status will be celebrated this Fairtrade Fortnight at Pimlico Parish on Saturday 1st March, with Bishop John Arnold, and speaker Alexis Palacios, a Fairtrade Banana producer from ColombiaRead more
Staff, children and parents were joined by Cardinal-designate Vincent for the official opening and blessing of Holy Family Primary School in West Acton on 12 February. The result of a project that begun in 2008 under Cardinal Cormac, the school to...Read more
Over 50% of human trafficking in Britain comes through London.Read more
Following the example of Pope Francis, the Diocese of Westminster welcomed the sick at the annual Mass on the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 8 February. Archbishop Vincent celebrated the Mass alongside Auxili...Read more
Following on from the success of the first Flame Congress in 2012, which was the largest ever Catholic Youth event in the UK, the Catholic Youth Ministry Federation (CYMFed) has announced the date on which Flame 2 will be taking place as 7 March 2...Read more