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'Surprised, overwhelmed, very emotional and a great honour' is how Bernard Lavery described the feeling when he was made a Knight of St Gregory. Bernard has been successfully coordinating logistics for the Lourdes pilgrims, abled and less able...Read more

by Fr Peter Michael Scott In his recent visit to Ireland, Pope Francis said that, while technology had merit and could bring people together if used with 'moderation and prudence', it could also be guilty of 'imprisoning us in a virtual rea...Read more

by Fr Lawrence Lew OP Almost a decade ago, when I was in Rome for a General Chapter of the Dominican Order, I was invited to visit the Dominican nuns in their monastery on Monte Mario, close to the Vatican. I had little idea of the treasures safe...Read more

by Paolo Greco For those unfamiliar with the name, Mary's Meals is a charity that provides meals in schools for poor, sick and malnourished children all over the world. These children would not have the chance to receive an education if Mary'...Read more

St Dominic's Sixth Form College first year students recently completed a sponsored walk around Harrow on the Hill. This was partly to raise funds for a primary school in Africa, but it was also an act of solidarity with people in the world who d...Read more

Bishop John Sherrington celebrated the annual Red Mass at Westminster Cathedral on the first day of the legal year, 1 October 2018. Bishop Sherrington began his homily by outlining three modern day challenges to the dignity of the human person:...Read more

As we end our visit, On Friday 28 We asked the Holy Father for a message which we could bring back to our dioceses, to our priests and people. His message was simple:  we are to live the gift of our faith with joy. Joy was his great emphasi...Read more

The annual Two Cathedrals Blessed Sacrament Procession took place on Saturday 29 Beginning at Westminster Cathedral, the procession with clergy and faithful made its way across Lambeth Bridge to St George's Cathedral, Southwark, where Benedicti...Read more

Pope Francis has given an urgent new mission to his personal Prayer Network to share among all the faithful. This task, to begin as soon as possible at the beginning of October, is to promote his intention that we all intensify our prayer during t...Read more

As we gather in Rome for our visit These reports make it clear that both bishops and religious leaders, in various places, failed to protect the children in their care from those who have done them great harm. In particular, the failures of bisho...Read more

Ahead of the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, Cardinal Vincent led the annual diocesan pilgrimage to the Catholic National Shrine of Walsingham on Saturday 22nd September. The theme for this year's pilgrimage was the 'Family as Joy for the Wor...Read more

The Home Office has rejected calls to introduce national buffer zones around abortion clinics in September, with Home Secretary Sajid Javid explaining that 'it would not be proportionate response, considering the experiences of the majority of h...Read more

The theme for the World Meeting of Families in Ireland in August was The Gospel of the Family: The sessions have been written by Pia Matthews - wife, mother, theologian, Bishop John Sherrington and Bishop John Wilson. Forward by Fr Chr.....Read more

Born in Cragga, Bala in County Mayo in the west of Ireland on 5 May 1923, one of six children born to John and Mary Burke, the young Thomas was educated locally until the age of 16 and later from 1952-4 at Campion House, Osterley having been accep...Read more