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Gospel of 16 October 2025 Luke 11:47-54 At that time: Jesus said, 'Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute", so that the blo... Read More

As humanitarian aid was finally granted access to Gaza, Pope Leo XIV instructed the Office of Papal Charities to send medicines for the youngest victims of the war. Meanwhile, aid missions to Ukraine also continue. Through the Office of Papal Charities, known as 'Pope Leo's first aid service', 5,000 doses of antibiotics have been sent to Gaza for children, who are among those most affected by two ... Read More

The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue has sent greetings to those preparing to celebrate the Hindu feast of Diwali (Deepavali) next Monday 20 October, and invited Christians and Hindus, "as believers rooted in our respective faith traditions, and as people united by shared values and a common concern for peace, may we... together with those of other religions and all people of goodwill - join ... Read More

A massive best-seller in French for the past four years - God, The Science, The Evidence has just been published this week in English by Palomar - and looks set to attract a much larger audience. In this book, authors Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies distil insights from 62 Nobel Prize winners and more than 100 leading scientists from a wide range of disciplines - from cosmology to phys... Read More

As part of the two-week immersion in the curriculum of the in-person phase of the World Council of Churches' Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI), participants gathered on 15 October for a plenary session exploring the theme 'Memory and Mission: Churches Responding to Persecution and Genocide.' The session invited participants to reflect on the church's role in remembering suffering, bea... Read More

A bishop in Jerusalem has said that, while the current war between Israel and Hamas has ended, the causes of the conflict remain unresolved. In a message sent today (Wednesday, 15th October) to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop William Shomali, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem, urged all friends and supporters to "continue to pray", saying "nothing is impossible to God". A ceasefire in Gaza to... Read More

A new study from an ecumenical academic coalition has revealed considerable progress over the past five years in LGBTQ+ affirmation in the Catholic Church in England and Wales. The LGBT+ Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council, a long-standing member of the ecumenical European Forum of LGBTI + Christian Groups is pleased to announce that the Catholic Church in England & Wales has been rated joi... Read More

One of the anomalies of English Catholicism is that Catholics working for social justice have in the past been made to feel they are oddities, peripheral to the main life of the Church, worship, sacraments, and prayer, a troublesome add-on, sometimes vaguely threatening. Yet the St Vincent de Paul Society active in every parish and the red boxes of the Pontifical Mission Societies (MISSIO today) i... Read More

Gospel of 15 October 2025 Luke 11:42-46 At that time: Jesus said, 'But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the market-places. Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people wa... Read More

To celebrate the end of the harvest season, St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey, has donated hundreds of food and toiletry items to the Wirral Foodbank to support members of its local community who are experiencing food poverty. The school asked pupils to bring in products that are urgently needed by the foodbank and staff were blown away by the generosity of families who donated in their... Read More

"[The Almighty] makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire. He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."" (Psalm 46:9-10) Along with millions living throughout our war-torn region, and hundreds of millions around the globe, We, the Patriarchs and Heads of th... Read More

Fr Anthony Chantry, National Director of Missio writes: In a special video message our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, invites you to take part in World Mission Sunday on 19 October. Pope Leo is urging every Catholic and every parish across the globe to unite in prayer and practical support for missionaries who work alongside communities in need in the most remote and troubled parts of our world. I... Read More

A parish priest who defied evacuation demands to leave Gaza City a few weeks ago, has called on his flock to "forgive all those who have failed", as he hopes the ceasefire will bring an end to this "atrocious war". The ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Friday (10th October) after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of the 20-point peace plan brokered by Donald Trump, with the next phases st... Read More

The title of Episode 72 of the All Kinds of Catholic podcast is: 'I am a daughter of the Most High God.' The words are taken from this week's guest, Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity, Sr Marie-Kolbe Zamora. This statement was part of her thoughtful and heartfelt response to a question about where women find themselves in the Church and in the world. Jenny Hayward-Jones, who works for CAFOD, j... Read More