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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:Â 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
For the third year, Newman Catholic College (NCC) has organised and hosted the Syria Summer Camp (SSC). The idea for the camp grew out of the recognition that many of the Syrian children who arrived at NCC had not only missed a significant part of...Read more
A report into the first three years of Caritas Bakhita House has said that it is a 'highly distinctive, unique and high-quality service.'
The report was produced by the Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery, an independent research centre…Read more
Marriage preparation is a journey, and should be approached as 'an expression of welcome and solidarity', said Cardinal Vincent in his keynote address at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin on 23
Unfolding the vision of the Church for m...Read more
I was very pleased to receive the Hanno R Ellenbogen Citizenship Award on behalf of the Santa Marta Group (SMG) in Prague on 30
On the same evening awards were made posthumously to Ján Kuciak and Martina KuÅ¡rÃnová, two journalists who strov...Read more
In September, we join the Holy Father in prayer for his Universal Intention, that 'young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries'. His personal Prayer Network shares this Intention with the people of God, ...Read more