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With St Joseph as their patron, it was highly appropriate that the Little Sisters of the Poor should choose the Feast of St Joseph, 19
As Bishop Nicholas Hudson opened the festive Mass in the chapel of St Anne's home, he invited all present t...Read more
A model for Marriage Enrichment - Teams of Our Lady
This November the GB Province of Teams of Our Lady (TOL) are celebrating the 60
To mark their Jubilee Year, Marriage and Family Life Westminster have, on behalf of Bishop Nicholas Hudson,...Read more
Fr Gerry, born on 18
Fr Gerry's mortal remains will be received by Fr John Byrne at the Church of St Lawrence, Feltham on Wednesday 3
The Funeral Mass will take place at St Lawrence's the following day, Thursday 4
Sympathy is extended...Read more
Pope Francis and Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, who is a leading religious authority for many Sunni Muslims around the world, both signed
Although the document is mainly about Christian-Muslim relati...Read more
On 21
Dr Finaldi wove an exciting path through the ages, showing how the image of Christ, in a secular age, can transcend set beliefs and capture the imagination of the viewer, demonstrating the perpetual relevance and fascination with the life...Read more
Following terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which left 49 people dead on 15
'I am writing to offer my sincere condolences following the terror attack on two mosques in the city of Christchurch. These attacks have shock...Read more
The Cardinal Hume Centre, which has transformed the lives of so many people living with poverty and homelessness, celebrated the completion of a £1m rebuild project on 28
Thanking all who were involved in this 'fantastic achievement', he s...Read more
Over 400 people from 93 parishes gathered at Westminster Cathedral on 9
During the Rite of Election the Cardinal declared over 200 catechumens to be ready and to have been chosen by the community, as the Elect, to go forward to prepare for the ...Read more
Lent is a gift to prepare us to celebrate Easter worthily. It is a time in which we can reflect more deeply on our spiritual and temporal life. In daily life we tend to make things more complex than they need be, rather than to place simplicity at...Read more
Just before the start of Lent, Cardinal Vincent launched his annual Lenten Appeal, which this year focuses on the problem of food poverty and food insecurity. At the same time, he announced the launch of a new food relief initiative across the…Read more
Turibius was the second son of the Lord of Mogrovejo, born in Spain on 16
He was raised in a religious household but never felt a calling to the religious life. Instead, he studied law and became a professor at the distinguished University of S...Read more
By Fr Peter-Michael Scott
I cannot lay claim to the following observation, it was made by a great priest, and I am sure people reading this will instantly recognise him: '
Hospice, it may surprise you, is also about change. There is anothe...Read more
by Fr Michael Daley, Parish Priest of Holy Cross, Parsons Green
Pope Leo XIII
On Sunday 3rd February 2019,
a new piece of art by the renowned religious iconographer and sculptor Stephen Foster, entitled the 'Throne of Mercy' was solemnl...Read more
Bishop Paul McAleenan has called for MPs to support a 28-day time limit on immigration detention, saying that detaining people indefinitely 'does not reflect the justice due to every person that we as a nation pride ourselves on upholding'.
I...Read more
If you or someone you know were a child of the Kindertransport who was classed as a Jew under the Nuremburg laws but who subsequently practised Christianity, either by choice or as a result of your host families or spouse being of the Christian fa...Read more
by Fr Michael Dunne, Parish Priest of Our Lady of Grace, Chiswick
Prayer is normally an activity, the raising of the heart and mind to God, or it can be, more contemplatively, a resting in the Lord, more a state of being. But in our church it i...Read more