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The second day of the pilgrimage 'has been very much a packed day of prayer, praise and petition,' as Bishop Nicholas Hudson tells us in his video message:   This morning many of us were still elated from yesterday evening's Torchlight Proc...Read more

It's the first day of our pilgrimage, and what an eventful day it has been so far! Bishop John Sherrington shares a reflection on why we are here in Lourdes and how we must look to the malades who share Christ's suffering.  For many pilgrims, ...Read more

It was travel day today, as our pilgrims converged on Lourdes, both those who set out yesterday by coach and train and those who flew out today.  As our pilgrims settle in ahead of tomorrow's start, Cardinal Vincent welcomes all pilgrims, both i...Read more

Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has commented on the tragic illness and circumstances of five-year-old Tafida Raqeeb. 'The tragic illness and circumstances of lit...Read more

At the St Mary's University graduation ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on 17 Born in County Clare, Ireland in 1930, Sr Berchmans joined the Convent of Jesus and Mary in 1951 in Willesden. She spent over 65 years teaching, mostly in Pakistan, ...Read more

Following a vote in the House of Commons to pass a bill making abortion legal in Northern Ireland on 9   Next week members of the House of Lords will decide on changes to abortion law in Northern Ireland, despite the fact that people there ...Read more

by Fr Mike Maguire   Recently, the 'under 5's' went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The under 5's are a group of Westminster deacons and priests who have been ordained less than five years, meeting a few times a year with Fr Gerard Sk...Read more

On Monday 24   The initial judgment by the Court of Protection raises a number of serious concerns.  As the judicial proceedings are not available in the public domain at the time of writing, we must rely on news reports for information about wh...Read more

­   Why is England called the 'Dowry of Mary'? Unique among all the nations, the Catholics of England have believed for centuries that their country is in a special sense the Dowry of Mary. The word 'dowry' (from the Latin dos, meani...Read more

  A lot of bonds are made in silence. In seminary life you spend many hours in silence in the chapel whilst, all around you, others are doing the same. For the last year behind me in Allen Hall Seminary chapel sat Deacon Chinedu.  He was a Vince...Read more

Fr John Gerard's dramatic escape from the Tower of London was the story told by Bishop Nicholas Hudson to celebrate the English Martyrs School's 50 years at Tower Hill. The children were captivated to hear how Fr John Gerard, imprisoned in th...Read more

'Do you love me?' That was the cry Jean Vanier heard in the people with an intellectual disability whom he met in a Picardy psychiatric hospital in 1964. His heart was so touched that he invited two of them to share his home. He called it 'L...Read more

by Ellen Teague As more than 1,000 disabled children and their groups left the annual HCPT Trust Mass in Lourdes during Easter Week, the President of HCPT described this year's celebration as 'another beautiful and happy year'. Archbishop Le...Read more

A number of parishioners from St Thomas More, Swiss Cottage, gathered at the Marie Curie Hospice, Hampstead. The hospice wanted to thank our Assistant Priest Fr Paul Diaper and present him with a gift for his contribution and commitment to Marie C...Read more