Shutterstock Today, the Catholic Church celebrates its second annual World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. This special observance, held on the fourth Sunday of July …
Cardinal endorses new guidelines for Holy Land pilgrimages
Pilgrims in the Holy Land | Credit: CBCEW Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has commended new guidelines …
Liverpool grandmother arrested for praying near abortion clinic wins religious freedom challenge
Rose Lalor with her rosary in Liverpool, England. | ADF International A 76-year-old grandmother who was fined for praying near to an abortion clinic has …
The Pope Emeritus Puzzle: Will Pope Francis rewrite the Rules of Resignation?
Pope Francis with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Monastery of Mater Ecclesiae in Vatican City on June 30, 2015. With speculation running rife whether …
Bishops release initial reflections on Synodal National Synthesis
Image Credit: CBCEW The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have released a statement titled Seeking Our Hearts’ Desire offering their initial reflections on the …
Pope Francis: Time with the Word of God keeps our efforts from being ‘sterile activism’
Pope Francis waves during his Sunday Angelus message and prayer on July 17, 2022 | Vatican Media Practical effort, while necessary, will be only “sterile …
Pope Francis: Canada visit will be a ‘penitential pilgrimage’
Pope Francis meets members of the First Nations at the Vatican on March 31, 2022. | Vatican Media The papal trip to Canada next week …
New Bishop Chair for the Holy Land Coordination
Bishop Nicholas Hudson, auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and long-term bishop delegate of the Holy Land Coordination, has been named the new chair of the group. …
Brentwood Cathedral listed as Grade II* building
The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen (Brentwood Cathedral) | Image Credit: CBCEW The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen, more …
Pope Francis appoints three women to Dicastery for Bishops
Sr. Raffaella Petrini meets Pope Francis. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis on Wednesday named three women to the Dicastery of Bishops, the Vatican office responsible …
Was Peter’s Pence used to finance investments like the now infamous London property deal?
Vatican Media. The Vatican’s “trial of the century”, scheduled to continue in September, has so far offered plenty of drama and raised numerous unanswered questions. …
Cardinal salutes Sir Mo Farah for his ‘brave witness’ in revealing he was trafficked to the UK as a child
Sir Mo Farah | Image © Citizen59, Wikime Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Santa Marta Group and chancellor of St Mary’s University, thanked Sir …
Pope John Paul I beatification set for 4 September
Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani) : Image Credit: CBCEW The Holy See Press Office announced plans yesterday for the beatification of Pope John Paul …
Remembering Srebrenica, Bishop warns “Nowhere and no one is invulnerable to prejudice and intolerance”
Priest at Graveside. | Image Credit: CBCEW In 1995, more than eight thousand Bosnian Muslims were slaughtered at Srebrenica in one of the worst atrocities …
Pope Francis: Pray to see others as God sees them
Pope Francis gives a blessing at the end of the Angelus on May 22, 2022 | Vatican Media Pray for the grace to see and …
Pope Francis implores leaders of Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of the people
Pope Francis | Vatican Media Pope Francis today implored the authorities of Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of their people, suffering under the …
Bishop Oakley supports Universal Credit reform seeking an end to the ‘Two-Child’ limit
Bishop David Oakley, Bishop of Northampton. The Bishop of Northampton, Bishop David Oakley, has expressed his support for a private members’ bill aiming to remove …
Clifton parish unveils stained glass window for Millennial Saint
Stained glass window of Blessed Carlo Acutis at St Aldhelm’s in Malmesbury | CBCEW A parish in Wiltshire is believed to be one of the …
Pope Francis announces appointment of women to committee selecting new bishops
Sr. Alessandra Smerilli (second from left) and Sr. Nathalie Becquart (third from left) pose with Pope Francis and others during the youth synod in 2018. …
Catholic institutions join global divestment announcement
Wind Farm | Credit: CBCEW In a challenge to the fossil fuel industry’s dangerous expansion plans and increasingly empty rhetoric on climate, 35 faith institutions …