News Archive
Bishop John Sherrington, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Bishops' Conference, has commented on the Court of Appeal's decision that the Abortion Act did not interfere with the rights of those with...Read more
The Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land arrived home early on Wednesday morning. It was a marvellous experience, one during which I was given so much encouragement and renewal. That has prompted me to write this simple Advent letter. On the...Read more
By Deacon Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage and Family Life Co-ordinator for the Diocese of Westminster Our Advent journey has begun. We only really know what a journey is like once we have embarked upon it. Until then it simply an idea, only when...Read more
Andrew O'Neill, Headteacher of All Saints Catholic College, has been selected by the judges of the Pearson National Teaching Awards to receive the prestigious award of Secondary Headteacher of the Year, for his transformational leadership at...Read more
Following consultation with the Council of Priests in accordance with Canon 515 �2, and conscious of the views expressed by the priests of the local Deanery and the lay faithful of the above named parishes, I, Vincent Cardinal Nichols,...Read more
By Deacon Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster When I was a child part of the structure of the holidays was to select and spend time writing postcards. The gentle art of the postcard has now been overtaken...Read more
On Thursday 17 The second annual Diocese of Westminster 'Love in Action' Volunteering Awards were presented at an event hosted by Caritas Westminster at Westminster Cathedral Hall, with Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Bishop Paul McAleenan...Read more
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, Westminster Cathedral Choir will perform the entirety of his William Byrd (c.1540 - 4th July 1623) was an English composer of the late Renaissance period, and considered to be...Read more
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