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Two members of a Catholic charity team put down their phones and picked up knitting needles and crochet hooks as they completed a 12-hour 'Yarnathon' to support persecuted and other suffering Christians around the world. As part of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) UK's annual #RedWednesday campaign - raising funds for oppressed Christians - National Director Dr Caroline Hull took on the challenge b... Read More

Less than a sixth of countries' climate adaptation plans, and less than 2% of national plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions mention homelessness, despite climate change endangering those already experiencing homelessness and putting millions more at risk of losing their homes, new research reveals. The report: 'The climate blind spot on homelessness: Omissions and opportunities in national climat... Read More

Priest, missionary, aid worker and peace builder: this memoire reads like a thriller at times. John Ashworth's story also provides a heart-breaking account of how Africa's newest country, South Sudan, born of so much hope in 2011, remains the poorest nation in the world, according to the UN Human Development Index. Ashworth, a young ordained Roman Catholic priest, asked to be sent to a place where... Read More

Gospel of 5 November 2026 Luke 15:1-10 At that time: The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, 'This man receives sinners and eats with them.' So he told them this parable: 'What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that i... Read More

Engaging in economic and political life in accordance with Christian faith and the Social Doctrine of the Church can be a way to build peace, Pope Leo XIV said during the General Audience in St Peter's Square today, 4 November 2026. "Politics that tends to the wounds of peoples and of those who suffer injustice offers grounds for hope for the future of humanity," the Pope highlighted. "As Pope Fra... Read More

In July this year, Pope Leo quoted Bob Dylan, in the preface to his book 'Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift'. He quoted from one of Dylan's lyrics (figuratively addressed to the atomic bomb) to issue a stern warning against global rearmament and the nightmare of nuclear weapons: 'I hate you cause yer man-made and man-owned, an' man-handled.' Today, in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, Pope ... Read More

The staggeringly swift expansion of euthanasia law in Australia continues, as the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has reported its first euthanasia deaths, showing that the territory appears on track to have the highest proportion of assisted deaths in its first year among all jurisdictions in the world with their own assisted death laws. ACT's assisted death legislation, the most recent assist... Read More

Every year in November, we turn one Wednesday red. We turn it red to bear witness to the suffering faced by so many Christians around the world. Our brothers and sisters in Christ are denied so much, simply for their faith- access to basic necessities, prospects for their future, their basic human rights. Across the UK, parishes, schools, individuals and communities are standing together in solida... Read More

This week's All Kinds of Catholic podcast episode is a special one. It was recorded live at our pod community's first online gathering, with guest Ruth Gledhill who is Assistant Editor at The Tablet. In the wide-ranging conversation, Ruth explains why she waited until her Anglican clergyman father had died before making her journey into the Catholic Church. She describes 'being welcomed with open ... Read More

A die-hard Aston Villa supporter has vowed to wear a Birmingham City shirt if he hits his fundraising target for a charity supporting persecuted Christians. Christopher Martin, Principal of St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School and Sixth Form in Kings Norton, admits the prospect fills him with dread, but says it is a sacrifice worth making for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). "It's my worst nightmare,... Read More

Gospel of 4 November 2026 John 10:11-16 At that time: Jesus said, 'I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shep... Read More

A religious sister who has risked her life for years, offering a lifeline to the sick and elderly in war-torn Syria, is to receive a special honour from a leading Catholic charity later this month. Sister Annie Demerjian, of the Congregation of Religious of Jesus and Mary, will be presented with Aid to the Church in Need's (ACN) Courage to Be Christian Award at #RedWednesday Mass at St George's ... Read More

KOVA Releasing brings The One, an independent, Christmas drama starring Martin Sheen (The West Wing, Apocalypse Now, The Way), Jana Kramer (One Tree Hill) and Olivia Sanabia, to digital platforms across the UK and Ireland on 16 November 2026. Directed by Lisa Arnold and written by Erin Elizabeth Cook, The One follows Hawk (Noah Redclay), a young man who leaves the Chicago foster care system and se... Read More

Fourteen schools across the Archdiocese of Liverpool have achieved a significant milestone after receiving approval from the Department for Education (DfE) to become academies and join Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts (CMATs). The approval, granted by the DfE's Regional Director for the North West, marks the beginning of the formal conversion process for the schools, which will join either the Pope F... Read More