Credit: Vatican Media Pope Francis cautioned on Ash Wednesday against the temptation to allow Lenten prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to be taken over by an …
Lviv on Ash Wednesday: A Catholic Perspective
On Ash Wednesday, as the Pope called Catholics to fasting and prayer for peace at the start of the penitential season of Lent, we spoke …
Ukraine conflict: Catholic priest in Kyiv shares how Caritas is helping children find shelter
An explosion in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Feb. 24, 2022. | Giovanni Cancemi/Shutterstock. A Catholic priest in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is coordinating humanitarian …
Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘Let us pray for our enemies’
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk records a video message on March 1, 2022. | Secretariat of the Major Archbishop in Rome. The leader of the Ukrainian …
Ukraine: Caritas appeals for opening of humanitarian corridors
Ukraine peace protest. Credit: CBCEW The Catholic Church’s primary humanitarian aid organisation is asking for an immediate opening of humanitarian corridors from Ukraine to allow …
“Proud to call you my partner” – Education Secretary tells Catholic Educators
The Right Reverend Marcus Stock, the Right Honourable Nadim Zahawi, Mr Paul Barber (CES Director). Credit: CBCEW Speaking to a gathering of Catholic educators in …
Church in Europe prays for peace in Ukraine and for the victims of Covid
Ukrainian women in prayer. Credit: CBCEW Every nation celebrates Holy Mass on a day during Lent The Church in Europe is gathering around the Eucharistic …
Pope Francis’ Lenten Message for 2022: Sow seeds of goodness
In his message for Lent 2022, Pope Francis invites the faithful to sow seeds of goodness, so that we might reap a harvest of salvation …
Rescue story of Norfolk Catholic church
Historic England has released a short video which tells the on-going restoration story of St Mary’s, Great Yarmouth, after water damage to its roof and …
Bishops write to UK Foreign Secretary to support ‘swift peaceful resolution’ to the war in Ukraine
Ukraine “Stop the war” rally, London. – Credit: CBCEW Eight Bishops from England and Wales, representing the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, have written to UK Foreign …
Pope: ‘Silence all weapons. Those who wage war forget humanity!
Parying for peace in Ukraine. Credit: CBCEW In these days we have been shocked by something tragic: war! Pope Francis With these words Pope Francis …
Focus on the goodness in others, not the flaws, Pope Francis urges
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Feb. 27, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis spoke yesterday about the human tendency to focus …
Ukraine: Live Ash Wednesday Mass from St George’s Cathedral 6pm Archbishop Wilson
The Most Reverend John Wilson, Archbishop of Southwark, has expressed his solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Credit: CBCEW The Most Reverend John Wilson, Archbishop …
I’m British by birth, but Ukrainian in spirit, says Archbishop Wilson
Ukraine Protesters at Downing Street. Credit: CBCEW The Most Reverend John Wilson spoke passionately to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic community in the UK about the …
Pope Francis appeals for end to ‘tragic’ Ukraine conflict
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Feb. 27, 2022. | Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel. Pope Francis appealed today for an …
Ukraine: Ukrainian Catholic leader in Kyiv: Priests will celebrate Sunday liturgies in bomb shelters
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk records a video message on Feb. 27, 2022. | The Secretariat of the Major Archbishop in Rome. The leader of the …
Ukraine: Pope Francis expresses sorrow in phone call to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Feb. 9, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis on Saturday expressed his sorrow …
Cardinal Hollerich’s statement on the situation in Ukraine and in Europe
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ. Credit: CBCEW The President of COMECE, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, has released a statement on …
Cardinal calls for an immediate end to Russian attacks in Ukraine
Image Credit: CBCEW Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference, has called for an immediate cessation of the Russian attacks in Ukraine and for …
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarch “all of humanity has been placed in danger”
Ukrainian Greek Catholic prays. Credit: CBCEW His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has appealed to Ukraine’s Catholics at home …