We are God’s work of art (Eph. 2:10) We can rejoice on this Laetare Sunday because of God’s gift and promise of new life which continues into eternity. This new life begins with our baptism and finds its fulfilment in the gift of eternal life…
This evening we take our part in a mighty wave of prayer, moving across the whole of Europe, for all who have died in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe has called for and coordinated this prayer,…
February brings us Ash Wednesday and begins our Lenten repentance and renewal. It brings us a new prayer intention from Pope Francis, a prayer from his own heart that he’d like us to take into our hearts and our own prayer. The Pope encourages…
In his homily for the First Sunday of Lent, Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, has preached about the need for peace in the country and hope for the future, in which he calls for a 'fasting from anger': 'The contemporary events…
Jakub, Marco, my brothers, two images shine through your ordination liturgy to the diaconate today, one is that of herald, the other servant. After your ordination, I will present you with the Book of Gospels and say the words, ‘Receive the…