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Gospel of 20 August 2026 John 17:20-26 At that time: Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and praying said, 'Holy Father, I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I... Read More

During his General Audience today, Pope Leo XIV reflected on sacred music in the liturgy, praising it for giving voice to prayer and expressing the faith, always with the main objective of glorifying God and helping the faithful grow in holiness. Continuing his series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. This week, Pope Leo fo... Read More

The Polish Catholic Mission said in a statement today: "We received with deep sorrow the news that on August 17, 2026, at the age of 50 and after 25 years of priesthood, Fr Dariusz Mazur, parish priest of the Parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Zawad, passed away. Fr Dariusz served the Polish community in Great Britain for many years, working for many years in the Polish Catholic Mission... Read More

Felixstowe Catholic Church's new deacon, David Croucher, hopes to bring a little bit of rock 'n' roll to his parish by the sea. David, 78, whose stage name is 'Rockin' Rev', will split his time between helping the priest at St Felix's Church and entertaining local people with his electric guitar skills. The retired pharmacist and his wife, Chris, moved to the town in July after five years in Di... Read More

The Korean film 'Nun Dul Dega Eomne' (Nowhere to Lay My Eyes) earned the prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, held 5-15 August. The Ecumenical Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded the prize, donated by the Evangelical Reformed Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland, to director Hong Sangsoo (South Korea). The film centres on a daughter's first v... Read More

Wednesday 19 August is World Humanitarian Day - a day to honour the people who are the first to help when disaster strikes, and keep helping long after the headlines have moved on. The vast majority of humanitarians are local experts and volunteers, stepping up to help their neighbours with the help they really need, when help is needed most. More than 240 million people around the world are in ne... Read More

A group of Catholic priests ministering across the United Kingdom and Ireland, writing on behalf of the international network Priests Against Genocide - which includes three Cardinals, 28 Bishops and more than 2,500 Catholic priests and deacons in 67 countries - has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging his government to take decisive action on Palestine. The letter welcomes th... Read More

Gospel of 19 August 2026 Matthew 20:1-16 At that time: Jesus told his disciples this parable, 'The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market-place, and to them h... Read More

Bishop Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube, from the Catholic Diocese of Hwange in Zimbabwe, has consecrated and reopened a historic Mission on the Victoria Falls - Bulawayo highway. I Thisis a significant revival of a once-abandoned sacred site, which has been out of use for decades. The newly revived mission is located in the Matetsi area, between the town of Hwange and Victoria Falls city. Historically... Read More

Justice and Truth Win Freedom - The fight against women and child sex slavery - ISBN: 9789403928876 A powerful story of one man's life-long fight for justice and freedom for thousands of sexually abused and trafficked women and children in the Philippine sex trade. Father Shay Cullen, 83, is an Irish missionary priest and a member of the Missionary Society of St Columban who founded the PREDA Foun... Read More

The hardest part of writing a book is having something worth saying. For many clergy, years of sermons, Bible studies and teaching mean that much of this work has already been done. Your Book Pro, a British book-writing and publishing platform, allows Christian leaders to upload sermon recordings, transcripts, notes and existing documents. It identifies the main messages, stories, quotations and ... Read More

Every year on 19 August, the international community marks World Humanitarian Day to honour humanitarian workers supporting communities affected by crises and conflicts. At a time of record levels of violence against them, Caritas Internationalis highlights the role of religious actors in promoting respect for international humanitarian law. On this World Humanitarian Day, we pay heartfelt tribut... Read More

The sudden death of Fr Joseph Kendall on 8th August 2026, at the age of just 45 years, was a great shock to many in the Archdiocese of Liverpool and beyond. Though he had been feeling unwell in the preceding days, no one had cause to think that death was imminent. In Norwich, at the end of June, he had delivered a report on the past academic year at the English College in Valladolid, on behalf of... Read More

The Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Archbishop Richard Moth, has added his voice to a campaign calling on the UN and governments worldwide to urgently take action to guarantee the rights of people targeted for their faith. In a message of support for a campaign organised by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Archb... Read More