News Archive
Cardinal Vincent Nichols hosted the first of a series of roundtables on food poverty on 2 May 2014 with representatives from Caritas Westminster, parishes and schools to discern the problem of food poverty at the local level and to coordinate the ...Read more
On 9 May grandparents came from across the country to Westminster Cathedral Hall for the launch of the England and Wales Catholic Grandparents' Association. Speakers at the event included Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the Right Rev Bishop John Ar...Read more
Cardinal Vincent invites all the faithful in the Diocese to pray with Pope Francis during his visit to the Holy Land. A Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place on Sunday 25 May at Westminster Cathedral, as well as parish...Read more
Nearly 100 men and women entered convents, seminaries and religious houses across England and Wales in 2013. These entry figures include 44 men to seminary, 22 men to religious life and 30 women to religious life, representing a significant upturn...Read more
On the Fourth Sunday of Easter, the Church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday and the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Writing about the vocation to the priesthood, Bishop John Sherrington gives thanks for the gift of priesthood and Fr Richard Nesb...Read more
Among the projects represented were four foodbanks established in different parts of the Diocese, Borehamwood, East Finchley, Bow and St Albans and District, in collaboration with religious and secular partners, as well as initiatives in schools t...Read more
Young Adults (18 - 30)
27th - 29th June 2014 at Aylesford Priory, Kent
'I have come so that they may have life, and have it to the full - John 10:10'
Communication Support for Deaf people provided by WDDS (Michelle Roca, Sarah Metcalfe and An...Read more
Over 2,000 Catholic migrants living and working in London attended a special Mass for Migrants celebrated by the Rt Rev Patrick Lynch, Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark and Chair of the Office for Migration Policy, at Westminster Cathedral on Monday 5...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
The Live Below the Line challenge invites participants to eat and drink for £1 a day for five days beginning 28 April and continuing through this week. Why £1? It's the extreme poverty threshold beneath which 1.2 billion people worldwide survi...Read more
The Church celebrates the fourth Sunday of Easter as Good Shepherd Sunday and as World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Pope Francis' vision for the priesthood emerges both from what he says and the way he lives out his own priestly ministry. A livi...Read more
Here you can watch a live stream of John XXIII and John Paul II.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
In his homily for the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion at Westminster Cathedral Cardinal Nichols reflected on the use of the words 'glory, grace and truth' in the day's Gospel reading and considered how beauty can be seen in the Cru...Read more
Cardinal Vincent joined the clergy and the congregation of Westminster Cathedral in a Walk of Witness on Victoria Street with hundreds of other Christians from Westminster Abbey and Methodist Central Hall, in memory of the Crucifixion of Christ. T...Read more