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On Friday, 15 May, campaigners, peace organisations and supporters gathered in Tavistock Square, London, to mark International Conscientious Objectors' Day. The annual ceremony remembers those, past and present, who have refused to take part in war. Around the world, people continue to face imprisonment, exile, punishment and social pressure for refusing military service. This year's event include... Read More

Gospel of 17 May 2026 John 17:1-11a At that time: Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, 'Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on eart... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has approved the creation of an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence in a rescript dated May 12 and released on Saturday 16 May. The document was signed by Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Considering "the development in recent decades of the phenomenon of Artificial Intelligence and the most recent accelerat... Read More

The Day for Life Fund provides financial assistance each year to organisations working to support the Church's mission to protect human life from conception to natural death. These include but are not limited to: Start of life; End of life; Grief relating to start or end of life issues; Pregnancy; Miscarriage; Hospice and terminal care and Dementia care. Each year, the money donated by the fai... Read More

Seventh Sunday after Easter The period between the Ascension and Pentecost is always a slightly strange one, in that we have celebrated the Lord's leave taking and wait in a kind of vacuum for that great outpouring of the Spirit on the nascent community which becomes in time what we know as the Church. This period may seem slightly artificial as the reality of the experience of the Resurrection, a... Read More

Gospel of 16 May 2026 John 16:23b-28 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. 'I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of sp... Read More

An urgent call for the Church worldwide to redouble efforts to stand in solidarity with the faithful of the Holy Land has come after the latest outbreak of violence in Jerusalem. Palestinian Christians were among those at risk when thousands of militant nationalists swarmed the Old City on Jerusalem Day (yesterday, 14th May), which marks the anniversary of Israel's occupation of the sacred site an... Read More

On International Conscientious Objectors Day this Sunday, Valerie Flessati, Vice President of Pax Christi will be giving a presentation about Bl Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer and conscientious objector during World War II who refused to fight for Nazi Germany because of his faith. Jägerstätter was executed on 9 July 1943. Come and hear more about the life and witness of a different k... Read More

Today, a coalition of British peace organisations is launching a new petition calling on the UK government to rule out military conscription, or any form of compulsory national service involving the armed forces. The petition, organised by a coalition of thirteen peace and faith organisations, comes amid growing debate about military recruitment and national service as the UK government ramps up m... Read More

Bishop John Arnold has been elected President of Caritas Europa and will serve a four-year term, starting from May 2027, whilst continuing in his role as Bishop of Salford. Elections for key positions in the organisation took place at its Regional Conference which was held in Zagreb, Croatia, from 4-7 May. Caritas Europa is a network of 49 organisations from 46 countries, and the Regional Secretar... Read More

Gospel of 15 May 2026 John 16:20-23a At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has b... Read More

A Jerusalem Voice for Justice: an ecumenical witness for equality and a just peace in Palestine/Israel In these turbulent times. May 14 commemorates the end of the British Mandate in 1948, a time when our people were driven out of their homes (the Nakba). Today, as they commemorate the 1967 occupation of Jerusalem, thousands of radical Israelis march through the city, sowing fear. Many of our chil... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has sent this Ascension Day Message to Thy Kingdom Come. 'Dear brothers and sisters, I am pleased to greet all of you taking part in this year's "Thy Kingdom Come" ecumenical prayer event, and to assure you of my spiritual closeness. Each year, during the Advent season, Christians address God with the words, "Come, Emmanuel." With great urgency we cry out for the fulfilment of Isaiah'... Read More

Bishop John Arnold, Bishop of Salford and Lead Bishop for Communications for the Bishops' Conference, has spoken ahead of the 60th World Day of Social Communication about the opportunities and pitfalls of AI, agreeing with Pope Leo that the value of artificial intelligence must never outweigh the importance of human personality and our capacity for decision-making. "We must value artificial intell... Read More