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Together for the Common Good is seeking a motivated and collaborative Coordinator to join our Common Good Schools team. Working alongside our Project Leader, Jo Stow, the successful applicant will help schools become a force for the common good in their communities while equipping young people with Common Good Thinking. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing national progra... Read More

The Bishops of Scotland have confirmed the completion of the sale of the former Pontifical Scots College building on the Via Cassia in Rome, marking the end of an important chapter in the history of the college. Since 1964, the Via Cassia building has been home to generations of Scottish seminarians during their formation for priestly ministry. Commenting on the building sale, Bishop John Keenan, ... Read More

Gospel of 3 July 2026 John 20:24-29 Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, 'We have seen the Lord'. But he said to them, 'Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.' Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, a... Read More

Luminiscence premiered at Westminster Cathedral on Wednesday night. (review coming soon). This spectacular immersive 360-degree video projection experience brings the story of Westminster Cathedral to life in breath-taking ways with colour and imagery, music and a narration by Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville - culminating in a vision of what the Cathedral may one day look like fully covered in... Read More

Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, Bishop of the Ukrainian Eparchy of the Holy Family of London has released a statement on the Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv carried out in the early hours of Thursday morning, 2 July: "Our hearts are heavy but not broken following yet another massive and brutal aerial assault last night on Kyiv. As the Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy... Read More

The bishops of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, (SSPX) Alfonso de Galarreta and Bernard Fellay - respectively principal consecrator and co-consecrator - and the newly consecrated bishops, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, and Marc Hanappier, have incurred 'ipso facto' the 'latae sententiae' excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See for having carried out "an... Read More

Homeland Lost, at the P21 Gallery in 21-27 Chalton Street London NW1 1JD, is an exhibition of works by award-winning documentary photographer Alan Gignoux and the journalist and photographer Ahmad al-Bazz. The project juxtaposes portraits of Palestinian refugees displaced in 1948 and their descendants with photographs of their former homes and villages inside Israel. Created between 2004 and 2005 ... Read More

More than fifty humanitarian, climate and peacebuilding organisations are urging Keir Starmer to rethink Britain's growing military spending, ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. The joint letter, organised by Quakers in Britain and Rethinking Security, follows this week's Defence Investment Plan (DIP), which promised a further £15 billion for the military. Signatories including CAFOD, Pax Christi... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has today appointed Fr Stephen Wang as the new Bishop of Arundel & Brighton Diocese. Fr Steven succeeds Archbishop Richard Moth as the Sixth Bishop of Arundel & Brighton. Ordained to the priesthood on 3 January 1998, Fr Stephen has spent the last five years as Rector of the Venerable English College, one of two English and Welsh seminaries in Rome training men for the priestho... Read More

As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, on 4 July, Doctors Against Genocide (DAG) and Priests Against Genocide - USA (PAGUSA) sent a letter today to members of Congress calling for immediate action to end the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and uphold the founding ideals the nation is celebrating this year. The letter, signed by physicians a... Read More

Gospel of 2 July 2026 Matthew 9:1-8 At that time: Getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, 'Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.' And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, 'This man is blaspheming.' But Jesus, knowing their thoughts,... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Richard Moth as Apostolic Administrator sede plena et ad nutum Sanctæ Sedis of the Diocese of Northampton. This is a temporary role, by which the Holy See ensures that the pastoral governance of a diocese will continue, when it is not possible for a diocesan Bishop to exercise his office. Therefore, the governance of the Diocese of Northampton is now canonica... Read More

The Holy See has reaffirmed its financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), describing the agency as an "essential lifeline" for millions of Palestinian refugees and urging the international community to ensure its work can continue unhindered. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee for the Announcemen... Read More

Catholic leaders desperate to help in the wake of Venezuela's earthquakes have mobilised an urgent programme for wounded people in an area of Caracas known as 'Latin America's largest slum'. Bishop Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar of Petare told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that his diocese - where four of the largest hospitals are receiving most of the wounded - has mobilised more than 250 volunteers... Read More