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I pray for all of the victims of this morning's tragic airplane crash in Ahmedabad, as well as their families and loved ones who will come from across the UK and India. I commend also the response of the local emergency services and all who are…Read more
By Deacon Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage and Family Life Coordinator Father’s Day is the opportunity to give thanks for the gift of being a father and to reflect more deeply on the meaning of fatherhood. This year it will be bittersweet for my wife…Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has shared a message for the upcoming tenth anniversary of Caritas Bakhita House, the Diocese of Westminster's safe house for survivors of trafficking and exploitation. Opened in 2015, the initiative began as a response…Read more
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which seeks to legalise assisted suicide, is fast approaching its decisive vote in the House of Commons which will likely take place on either the 13 or 20 of June. The Catholic bishops of England and…Read more
In order to foster better pastoral care by means of common action Canon 374 ?2 of the Code of Canon Law provides that several neighbouring parishes can be joined together in special groups known as Deaneries which are presided over by a Dean who is…Read more
By Deacon Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage and Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of WestminsterRead more
Allen Hall Seminary’s football team has unveiled a brand-new kit, thanks to the sponsorship of the Catholic Truth Society (CTS) and a generous anonymous donor. The updated design is a visual tribute to the seminary’s mission and heritage.…Read more
It is with sad news we announce the death of Fr John William Wiley on 24 May 2025, at home in the presbytery of St Bede’s, Croxley Green. Fr John was born on 1 April 1947 and ordained to the priesthood on 21 June 1975. Condolences are extended…Read more
The Lead Bishop for the Holy Land for the Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Jim Curry, has echoed Pope Leo XIV’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza: “This is a humanitarian disaster. Desperately needed aid supplies must be allowed into Gaza…Read more
'Abide in my love.''Make your home in me.'In both places, Jesus is saying the same thing: 'Remain with me.'Set your heart in my heart; and you will know true joy. Where to find his heart, though? In prayer, most certainly.But very much also in…Read more
Archbishop-elect John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has made a statement after the Private Member’s Bill seeking to legalise assisted suicide entered its Report Stage on…Read more
Barely days into his Papacy, Pope Leo XIV remarked on how the development of AI inspired the choice of his papal name. ‘I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic…Read more
Following the recent publication of the government’s White Paper on immigration, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees, called on the government to reconsider the important role of immigration in shaping our shared…Read more
'Everyone serves the good wine first and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.' (John 2:10) Dear Friends, dear sisters and brothers, Many memories will be recalled today. From 10 years, 25,…Read more
By Deacon Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage and Family Life Coordinator for the Diocese of Westminster - If we were looking for a jigsaw, in which the pieces and the overall image changes, then we would have the ideal analogy for marriage. In the time…Read more
In the reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we continue to hear of Paul's missionary journey as he sails from Paphos in Cyprus to Perga in Pamphylia and then journeys to Antioch in Pisidia. Paphos, Perga, Pamphylia, Pisidia in the Greek text…Read more