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by Fr Peter Michael Scott When you wear the ring of confidence (the clerical collar) you are instantly recognised as a walking catechism. This goes for hospice ministry as well as parish, hospital, school or prison. The wonderful and challengin...Read more

Friday of World Youth Day is more traditionally a penitential day, so we gathered in our catechesis groups for Reconciliation. Bishop William Kenney of Birmingham told pilgrims that they need to remember that conversion can often be a life-long jo...Read more

'Don't try to be other than what you are' was the message we took from St Francis de Sales in our morning catechesis. We were gathered with a marvelous group of pilgrims from as far afield as Iceland in one direction to the Philippines in an...Read more

Fr Adrian died peacefully at Frimley Park Hospital, Camberley on 24th January, having been admitted the previous day.  Fr Adrian was born in August 1931 and ordained to the priesthood in June 1960. He retired from full time ministry in 2004 an...Read more

On 20th January, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a memorial to seven Jesuit martyrs was unveiled at the Anglican Church of St-Giles-in-the-Fields following a service of Choral Evensong, attended by members of both Anglican and Catho...Read more

We represent Christians with a variety of opinions and experiences in relation to the current uncertainties facing our city and our nation. We speak as those who have listened to the membership of our own organisations, as well as those of all fai...Read more

By Bishop Nicholas Hudson This morning you find me with the Westminster group of the first Catechesis of this World Youth Day. We were in the parish of San Francisco de la Caleta on the outskirts of Panama city and our catechist was Bishop Edwa...Read more

Welcome to Panama city for World Youth Day 2019. Behind me there are literally hundreds of thousands of young people streaming past as they make their way to the inaugural Mass of this World Youth Day to be presided over by Bishop José Domingo Ul...Read more

As Brexit talks continue, the government announced on 21 Bishop Paul McAleenan welcomed Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement that EU citizens applying for 'settled status' to remain in the UK after Brexit will no longer be expected to pay an...Read more

This week our churches will be praying together for Christian unity in our life together, our witness and our longing to see the Kingdom of God in the midst of our world. We encourage every church to take this call to prayer with the utmost seriou...Read more

Fr Seamus died peacefully at the Glenashling Nursing Home in Co. Kildare, on the morning of 16th January. Fr Seamus' sister, Maura, who was also living at Glenashling, died on Monday.  Fr Seamus was born in Dublin in September 1928 and Ordai...Read more

by Analiza Botelho It is important to spend time with the elderly or sick who may be alone or unable to leave their homes during the cold winter. A group of 24 young people, from the community of St Lawrence Parish in Feltham, volunteered to ...Read more

For the third successive year staff from Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and Newman Catholic College came together at the start of the spring term for a day of high quality reflection and debate. This year the conference was held at Newman Cathol...Read more

by Canon Stuart Wilson At the moment there is an army poster that has caused a bit of kerfuffle. For a hundred years the Army has been famous for its call to service with the phrase 'your country needs you.'  The latest version has not gon...Read more