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by Cardinal Vincent Nichols What is your picture of holiness? In your eyes, what does a saint look like? Pope Francis' recent Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate ('Rejoice and be Glad') offers us his answers to these questions. He says that...Read more

The Bishops of England and Wales have expressed their gratitude for the reflection on holiness which the Holy Father has given in Gaudete et Exsultate, and have commended it to all those who seek wholeness and peace in their lives. In their state...Read more

Some ideas are so simple, yet so profound, that you wonder why no one has come up with them before. In 2015 the Archbishops of Canterbury and York suggested that people might use the ten days between the Ascension and Pentecost as a special time o...Read more

by Albert Lawes, Parish Catechist, Shepherd's Bush Parish One of the greatest attractions of Adoremus, the National Eucharistic Congress to be held in Liverpool over 7-9 September, will be the presence of Bishop Robert Barron. Together with C...Read more

In early March, Fr. Mamdouh AbuSada, Director of the School of Joy, spent two weeks visiting the UK. The School of Joy, in Beit Sahour, is dedicated to helping young people aged 6-23 who have learning difficulties or have been abandoned by their f...Read more

Each year the Diocese of Westminster organises a pilgrimage, taking the sick, infirm and disabled pilgrims to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. There are many sick people who wish to visit Lourdes but are unable to do so due to financial constrai...Read more

Bishop Paul McAleenan, Spiritual Director of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP), celebrated a special Mass for members of St Aloysius parish, Somers Town on Saturday 7th April. The Mass marked the beginning of the presidency of Simon Matthews wh...Read more

James Kelliher the Communications and Events Coordinator for Westminster Youth Ministry, writes about a week in Rome, covering the Pre-Synodal Meeting of young adults. 'At the Cardinal's request, I went to Rome in March to work in the media t...Read more

by Fr Stephen Wang, Senior Chaplain Newman House With Easter coming early in the year and falling at the end of term, is always a positive event, as it means a vibrant congregation of about 150 for the Easter Vigil at the University Chaplaincy....Read more

A chain of events that links Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman with Meghan Markle might seem an unlikely scenario but this is exactly what I encountered while cataloguing some nineteenth century correspondence recently at Westminster Diocesan Archives. ...Read more

by Fergal Martin, CTS General Secretary I'm staring at the photograph of a rather stiff-looking Victorian clergyman, tall and handsome. He has intelligent, tired eyes, yet there is determination in them, too. He was someone who longed to be a m...Read more

When Caritas Westminster began it was as a response to growing inequality in our society. Since then we have continued to respond to the needs of the marginalised and vulnerable thorough our hubs and services: Bakhita House, Caritas St Joseph's,...Read more

The church of Mary Immaculate and St Peter's in New Barnet, is to become the 36th parish in the country and the fifth to receive the Livesimply award. The Livesimply award is an opportunity for Catholic communities to respond to Pope Francis'...Read more

In March, Bishop John Arnold, Bishop of Salford Diocese and CAFOD Chair of Trustees was in Bangladesh with CAFOD to visit local partners and projects in the region. Among the projects he visited was Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP), a communi...Read more