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JRR Tolkien, the Catholic writer, artist, scholar and linguist is to be honoured in Westminster Abbey in Poets' Corner alongside his close friend and fellow writer, CS Lewis. A major new memorial celebrating Tolkien's creative vision and storytelling by artist Stephen Broadbent will be revealed at a dedication ceremony in Spring 2027, which is also the 90th anniversary year of The Hobbit and 50th ... Read More

On 24 September 2026, in New York, during the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, delivered a statement at the High-Level Meeting to Address the Existential Threats Posed by Sea-level Rise. Cardinal Parolin stressed that sea-level rise threatens homes, livelihoods, food and water secur... Read More

More than 50,000 people attended the Beatification Mass for Blessed Archbishop Fulton J Sheen at the Dome in the America's Centre, St Louis, Missouri, on Thursday 24 September, among them, 90 bishops, 1,000 priests and 1, 600 women and men religious. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was the chief celebrant. He conveyed the greetings of Pope Leo XIV, who, he said, "rejoices at the beatification of h... Read More

Gospel of 25 September 2026 Luke 9:18-22 It happened that as Jesus was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, 'Who do the crowds say that I am?' And they answered, 'John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.' Then he said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' And Peter answered, 'The Christ of God.' And he strictly ch... Read More

A delegation from Priests Against Genocide hand-delivered today a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, renewing their call for the UK Government to take further, more decisive action over Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon. The letter follows an earlier one sent on 19 August 2026, to which the group say they have not yet received a formal acknowledgement, and a copy of which they have encl... Read More

The Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has issued a powerful call for the protection of refugee and asylum-seeking children, warning that children wrongly treated as adults and placed in detention or adult accommodation represent a "shocking failure" of the asylum system. Delivering the Inaugural Jesuit Refugee Service UK Annual Lecture today, Dame Rachel challenged both p... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has issued an urgent appeal to everyone to take responsibility for young migrants and refugees exposed to violence, exploitation and traumatic conditions along migration routes. Speaking at the conclusion of his General Audience in St Peter's Square, Pope Leo said: "Sunday, September 27, marks the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.. my thoughts go out to migrants and refugees, especi... Read More

A cyclist on a 2,246-mile pilgrimage to Jerusalem has said he felt "acknowledged and blessed" after coming face-to-face with Pope Leo XIV in Rome. Andrew Foote came within six feet of the Popemobile in St Peter's Square yesterday (Wednesday, 23rd September), while wearing an Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) 'Team Red' T-shirt to increase awareness about persecuted Christians and raise funds to help... Read More

Venerable Fulton J Sheen is set to be beatified later today, Thursday, 24 September 24, 2026, in St Louis, Missouri, United States. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, will preside at the beatification Mass, representing Pope Leo XIV. After his heroic virtue was recognized, Fulton Sheen was declared Venerable in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. In 2019, Pope F... Read More

Gospel of 24 September 2026 Luke 1:26-38 At that time: The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!' But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting th... Read More

On Saturday, 10 October, thousands of pilgrims will gather in London to celebrate, worship, and bear witness to the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Adoremus, the name given to the National Eucharistic Congresses that periodically take place in England and Wales, is an invitation to Catholics, from the Bishops, to come together to renew their devotion to the Eucharistic Lord. There ... Read More

The now annual meeting of representatives of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference, and the Church of Ireland House of Bishops, took place at the Columba Centre, Maynooth, on 21 September 2026. The meeting's wide-ranging discussions were set in the context of prayer and fellowship. After the meeting Bishop Brendan Leahy, who is a member of the Catholic Bishops' Council for Ecumenism and Dialogu... Read More

The summer of 2026 offered Christian children and young people across the Holy Land numerous opportunities for prayer, formation, service, fellowship and recreation. Through camps and gatherings organised in Palestine, Galilee, Jordan and Cyprus, the different youth movements accompanied participants in their growth in faith, self-awareness and responsibility, while strengthening their sense of be... Read More

A new report from Operation Noah - 'Investing with Purpose' - is offering practical pathways for Church investment in climate solutions. Globally, Christian groups manage hundreds of billions of pounds, with the Church Investors Group's 67 members, largely based in Britain and Ireland, managing combined investment assets of over £26bn. But despite the opportunity to align their finances with thei... Read More