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Catholic Church - Cardinal on bereavement as Covid deaths pass 100,000 in the UK Cardinal Vincent spoke to LBC Radio’s Matt Frei on Saturday 30 Cardinal Vincent talks about isolation, poverty, sickness, death and mourning in this time of…Read more

Across the Diocese of Westminster, Christmas was marked by volunteers giving up their time to deliver essential supplies to those who are struggling financially or with isolation. One example of this was seen in Hitchin, where a major…Read more

On Tuesday 26 'A day of great sadness all over the land. So many people, families, communities, remembering those who have died in these terrible months of the pandemic. Each one is mourned. Each one is to be prayed for. This is our instinct, our…Read more

With sadness we announce the death, on 23 of Fr Bernard McCumiskey . Fr Bernard died at Redesdale Court Care Home in North Shields close to where he had been living in retirement in Whitley Bay until his needs required more care. Fr Bernard was…Read more

With sadness we announce the death, on 24 Sympathy is extended to Bishop Patrick's family and friends, to those with whom he lived in retirement and the clergy, religious and parishioners of his former parishes in the Diocese of Westminster and…Read more

In November 2020, students and staff at St Dominic’s Sixth Form College, Harrow on the Hill, came together in aid of the Nyumbani Village School in Kenya by collecting ‘nearly new’ trainers for the school’s children. St Dominic’s Sixth…Read more

The vaccine developed to protect us against Coronavirus is a blessing. In this short video Fr Albert Ofere, a priest working in Westminster Diocese, encourages us all to be vaccinated. Who better to do so? Fr Albert himself was a victim of the…Read more

By Reverend Roger Carr-Jones, Marriage & Family Life Coordinator, Diocese of Westminster The past year has felt as though it has been full of challenges, sorrows and disappointments as our accepted way of living and acting has adapted to life in…Read more

Caritas Westminster and Diocese of Westminster Justice and Peace Commission have issued the following joint statement addressing the provision of free school meal parcels during lockdown: Like many others, Caritas Westminsterand Diocese of…Read more

Ethnic minorities have suffered disproportionately from the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating a systemic problem with racial injustice in our society. This was dramatically brought home with the brutal killing of George Floyd and the reaction it…Read more

With sadness we announce the news of the death today, 15 Mgr Mark was born in London on 28 Sympathy is extended to Mgr Mark’s family and friends, and to the clergy and parishioners of the parishes and Cambridge University chaplaincy, and in the…Read more

With sadness we announce the death of Fr Fintan Crotty SS.CC. Fr Fintan died on 6 Fr Fintan's requiem Mass will take place at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Acton on Thursday 21 2pm. The online access details for this will be posted in due course.…Read more

Following the announcement of the death of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow, Cardinal Vincent Nichols expressed his sorrow and offered prayers. In a statement issued on Wednesday 13 'I have learned with great sadness of the sudden death of…Read more

We are aware that questions are being asked as to why churches remain open during this National Lockdown. We are also aware that many local authorities are calling for places of worship to close. We wish to respond to these concerns. Churches are…Read more