'What have you given up for Lent?', my friend Molly asked me as she scanned a cucumber through the Sainsbury's self-checkout and placed it in her stripy reusable bag. I felt completely at a loss for an answer and found myself rattling off...
The President and Vice President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales have urged the faithful to make the National Day of Reflection on COVID-19 a day of prayer as well as a day of reflection. Tuesday 23 Cardinal Vincent...
It's already a full year since Pope Francis prayed for the whole world in that haunting and poignant televised service in a rainy, dark St Peter's Square. For many of us watching, whether we were people of explicit faith or not, the simple...
Today we hear a voice that cries: 'Prepare a way for the Lord'. It echoes down through the ages. It is the voice of the prophet Isaiah, the voice of John the Baptist. It reaches us today: Prepare a way for the Lord. Indeed, these are days of...
The Bishops of England and Wales have appointed Carol Lawrence to oversee the immediate implementation of wide-ranging reforms to safeguarding structures and processes in the Church. The bishops have accepted all the recommendations made by the...