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A mysterious item found by Enviro Waste some months ago has turned out to be a relic of Pope St Clement. Discovered by company owner James Rubin during a routine walk around the company warehouse, it was among items recovered from house clearances...Read more

To mark the 150 In his homily, Cardinal Vincent spoke of Cardinal Vaughan's two great legacies: Westminster Cathedral and the CTS. Like the beauty of the cathedral, which is 'purposeful' and 'there to lead us towards Jesus Christ, who i...Read more

For World Refugee Day, 20 He encouraged Catholics to 'welcome refugees into our communities, reaching out to the most vulnerable groups through the community sponsorship scheme for Syrian refugees. We should also keep refugees in our prayer...Read more

On 14 Tragically, a pupil from the school, Issac Paulos, and a former pupil, Jessica Urbano Ramirez, who later moved on to the Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College, both lost their lives in the fire. Their families, together with those of...Read more

On Wednesday 13 Present at the Mass were the families of many of the victims and other former residents of the Tower. Also present with the parish community were some of the hundreds of volunteers who assisted at St Francis in the immediate aft...Read more

by Cardinal Vincent Nichols Human trafficking has been described by Pope Francis as 'an open wound on the body of humanity'. Since we are all part of that humanity, human trafficking defaces us all.  He goes on to say that it is 'a wound in...Read more

Sr Imelda Poole IBVM was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 2018. She is awarded an MBE for her work in combatting human trafficking and modern slavery. Cardinal Vincent offered his congratulations to Sr Imelda and commended her...Read more

By Oliver Delargy On Tuesday 24th April, Canon Stuart Wilson led the seekers group to a meeting at the Tyburn Convent near Marble Arch for an evening of prayer and discussion on the English Martyrs and their connection to Catholic priesthood to...Read more

by Fr Paul Graham OSA On 5th May 2018, in the newly refurbished Church of St Augustine's, Hammersmith, Bishop Michael Campbell OSA, Emeritus Bishop of Lancaster, ordained to the priesthood Arthur Bolivar OSA and Gladson Dabre OSA, in a two-hour...Read more

On the 18th May, Bishop John Wilson ordained Joseph Raju Katthula CMF, a Claretian Missionary, to the diaconate in a joyful ceremony at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hayes. Addressing his homily to the deacon-elect, Bishop John sa...Read more

As we prepare to observe the Day for Life on Sunday 17 Invoking the intercession of St Josephine Bakhita, the patron of victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, he prays that 'she might intercede on their behalf with the God of Mercy so...Read more

On the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, 3 Cardinal Vincent said: 'It is my privilege to be here today to declare this newly and beautifully renovated church to be our Diocesan Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament. 'In doing so I pray that so many...Read more

by Fr David Stewart SJ Pope Francis is renowned for breaking new ground, in so many ways. He encourages all of us to 'go to the frontiers'. He goes there too; in his preaching and teaching, in his travelling, remarkable for an octogenarian,...Read more

St Romuald was born at Ravenna, Italy in 951 AD. Born to an aristocratic family, Romuald grew up with riches and was known to have a wild youth. Devotion to prayer or the call to holy Life was never taught or spoken of within the family setting. U...Read more