February 2021

In his message for the 29th World Day of the Sick tomorrow, 11 February, Pope Francis urges a path of healing grounded in a trusting and interpersonal relationship between the sick and those who care for them.

Vatican Radio will launch a 24-hour web radio to mark its 90th anniversary on Friday.

The web radio, debuting 12 February will make Vatican Radio broadcasts available over the internet in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Armenian. 

Image credit: CBCEW Following the introduction of an opt-out system for organ donation in England in May 2020, NHS Blood and Transplant have launched ‘Leave …

The Great Al-Tahira Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida was charred black inside after the Islamic State set it aflame after taking control of the town in 2014. Now the restored cathedral is preparing to welcome Pope Francis during his trip to Iraq next month.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, preaching in Westminster Cathedral at a Mass for the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, warns that the COVID-19 pandemic has created an order of people in distress, poverty, isolation and anxiety – something that ruthless traffickers are quick to exploit.

Image credit: CBCEW Launch of the Bakhita Centre for Research on Slavery, Exploitation and Abuse at St Mary’s University Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of both the …

Pope Francis told diplomats at the Vatican today that it is “painful” for him to see more countries move away from “their inalienable duty to protect human life” from conception to natural death.

Pope Francis has asked people to pray today for every person who is currently a victim of human trafficking.

Pope Francis prayed this morning for justice and national stability in Burma as tens of thousands protest the 1 February military coup.

Pope Francis today appointed a Spanish priest and a French religious sister as under-secretaries of the Synod of Bishops.

It is the first time a woman has held a position of this level within the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.

Pope Francis today encouraged the Focolare Movement to have “dynamic fidelity” as the third president of the international Catholic organization begins her term.

Father Albert Ofere’s a Nigerian priest serving at English Martyrs Catholic Church in Wembley, north west London. Last year he contracted Covid-19 and was admitted to nearby Northwick Park Hospital – something he describes as truly frightening.

Tributes have been paid to Chris Pearson, the chair of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC), who sadly died in hospital following a short illness on 30 January 2020.

Human fraternity is “the challenge of our century,” Pope Francis said yesterday, as he marked the first International Day of Human Fraternity together with the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb.

Pope Francis praised musicians yesterday for showing “new creativity” despite severe restrictions imposed on their work by the coronavirus pandemic.

Cardinal Nichols and Cardinal Bo Credit: CBCEW Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has expressed his prayerful support …

Pope Francis will speak to a live audience once again as his weekly Angelus address moves back to St. Peter’s Square on Sunday after a seven-week absence.

The pope leads the traditional Marian prayer from the Vatican every Sunday at noon local time — usually from a window overlooking the square, which is filled with people who come to hear him.

French Catholic bishops signed on Monday a declaration denouncing rising anti-Semitism in the presence of Jewish leaders in Paris.

“Anti-Semitic expression has indeed regained an unexpected vigor,” French bishops’ conference president Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort said before the declaration was signed in Paris on 1 February.

Pope Francis gives a general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Feb. 3, 2021. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said today that …