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Senior law enforcement officers, bishops, and religious women from over 30 countries, as well as representatives from key international organisations are meeting together for the fifth Santa Marta Group conference this week in the Vatican to updat...Read more

by Bishop Nicholas Hudson The Sisters told us they found a poor woman with learning disabilities chained up and living in a cave at the end of the family garden. In her they recognized Christ, they said; and gave her a home. She was one of man...Read more

by Fr Mark Vickers Christ entered the world that we might have life and have it to the full, that we might have communion with the very life and love of God himself. When he returned to the Father, that life and love was not withdrawn. Rather, ...Read more

On Tuesday 23 January, St Thomas More Catholic School in Wood Green hosted the Haringey Regional finals of Jack Petchey's 'Speak Out' Challenge 2017-18. The challenge, which is run by Speakers Trust and funded by the Jack Petchey Foundation ...Read more

Marking the centenary of the passing of the Representation of the People Act granting some women the right to vote in 1918, we remember the suffragette at St Augustine's, Ealing.  Mother Mary Francis, a strong, intelligent woman, was a member of...Read more

The Student Cross pilgrimage has taken place every year since 1948. The name reflects the origins of the pilgrimage, which now involves students, as well as many more experienced participants, from new-borns right through to pensioners. This East...Read more

In anticipation of the World Day for Consecrated Life, on 2 During his homily he talked about Pope Francis' message for the Day for Consecrated Life from last year, which urges religious communities and orders not to become fearful or always ...Read more

Three residents of Caritas Bakhita House, the refuge for women rescued from modern slavery, have given evidence which has led to the successful prosecution of their captors. All three women were trafficked from Romania and trapped in modern slaver...Read more

On Wednesday 17th January, Cardinal Vincent Nichols visited St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney to bless the newly-built Heritage Space, which commemorates those who have served, were cared for or have been a part of the hospice since its founding 113 ...Read more

Despite the dreary weather, London has been a lot brighter lately. Lumière London, the light festival lit up places across the city from 18th to 21st  January. Westminster Abbey, Carnaby Street and the Kings Cross area were all the sites of inno...Read more

Bishop Paul McAleenan, the Lead Bishop for Asylum and Migration for England and Wales and Bishop William Nolan, President of Justice and Peace Scotland have issued a joint statement welcoming the recent Sandhurst Treaty, which sees the UK agreeing...Read more

On Thursday 14th December 2017 Bishop Paul McAleenan officiated at the induction of Fr Oliver Ejike Ugwu CSSP as Catholic Chaplain of the Whittington Health NHS Trust. The small hospital chapel was overflowing with staff and volunteers as Philippa...Read more

On Christmas Eve in 1882, the first Mass was celebrated at St Paul's Church in Wood Green and attended by 18 people. At Christmas, the parish, which is at the heart of the community in Wood Green, invited Bishop John Sherrington to celebrate Mid...Read more

by Fr Chris Vipers The best thing about it - aside from the warmth and the lovely light from the chandeliers and the polished wood and the banks of burning candles - is that everyone here is equal. (Nicola Barker, quoted in The Guardian, Sa...Read more