News Archive

With sadness we share the news of the death on 5 Fr Jeremy was born in London on 25 Sympathy is extended to Fr Jeremy's family and friends, and to the clergy and parishioners of his former parishes in the diocese and beyond, and to those among...Read more

On a sunny mid-September evening, nearly 20 priests and three transitional deacons received their Sacred Theology Baccalaureates from Mater Ecclesiae College. A further 16 priests, who were unable to attend, were also awarded the degree. Many of...Read more

As reports of overcrowding and poor conditions at Manston migrant centre in Kent emerged, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees for the Bishops' Conference, has called for this 'worrying' situation to be addressed 'as a...Read more

On Thursday 27th October, the 55th anniversary of the Abortion Act, a group of Catholics gathered in Parliament Square to pray and to remember the lives lost and the women forced into making difficult decisions. Bishop John Sherrington, Lead...Read more

When its busy liturgical schedule permits, the Choir of Westminster Cathedral is in demand for concert performances all around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic put a temporary stop to this, so it was particularly exciting that the choir was...Read more

Following in the footsteps of St James, four men training to be priests for the Diocese of Westminster spent a week this summer with a group of 120 young Spanish pilgrims walking the Way of St James. Having set off from the northern Spanish city...Read more

Revd Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues at the Bishops' Conference, expressed his dismay after MPs voted in favour of an amendment to a Bill that could make it a criminal offence to breach 150-metre 'buffer zones' around...Read more

the sad news of the death early this morning, Sunday 16 October, of Fr Duncan Michael Adamson. He died peacefully at St Anne's Home, Stoke Newington where he had been living since early September following retirement as Parish Priest at the...Read more

Bishop Nicholas Hudson has celebrated a Pontifical Sung Mass at the unveiling and blessing of the newly-carved Shrine of Blessed Carlo Acutis, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Covent Garden. The shrine, that contains a first class relic of...Read more

Following the announcement of the appointment of Canon Peter Collins as the fifth Bishop of East Anglia, Cardinal Vincent Nichols welcomed warmly the appointment and offered prayers for Bishop-Elect Peter Collins as well as his predecessor in the...Read more

Over 300 pilgrims joined with Seminarians and Staff from Allen Hall, our Diocesan Seminary, to make the October Devotion at the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden. As the processional image was carried through the streets of NW10, the Rosary was...Read more

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has written to Prime Minister Liz Truss to express his 'profound concern' after it was announced that the PM told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid that she is reviewing the location of the British Embassy in Israel....Read more

Last week Bishop John Sherrington celebrated a thanksgiving Mass for the launch of Radio Maria England's London Studio, based at the Diocesan Rosary Shrine in Haverstock Hill, fittingly on the feast of the Archangels. In his homily, Bishop John...Read more

Every year, Year 12 students at St Augustine's Priory are encouraged to apply for the school's Travel Scholarship, designed to give pupils an opportunity to go out into the wider world where they can make a difference. This year, three pupils...Read more