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US-based Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) has condemned the brutal settler attack in the West Bank on July 11, 2025 where Sayfollah "Saif" Musallet, a 20-year-old Palestinian-American, was beaten to death, and Mohammad Shalabi, a 23-year old Palestinian was fatally shot. Saif was in the village of al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya visiting family and defending his ancestral land when he was assaulted.... Read More

Catholic Peoples Week organiser Brid Fitzpatrick writes: We're just a month away from our Summer All-Age week and I'm really looking forward to it. The theme is Where is God in the Climate Crisis. Mari and the team have got lots of exciting things planned - included a Dark Skies star-gazing session. The centre, Whithaugh Park is in beautiful Scottish Borders. It has its own indoor swimming pool an... Read More

A beautiful Mass and celebration took place at Our Lady Help of Christians in Kentish Town, north London, on Friday evening, the Feast of St Benedict, for the Golden Jubilee of priestly ordination of Fr John Deehan. Bishop Jim Curry (one of Fr John's former students at Allen Hall) was the chief celebrant. The church was filled with relatives, friends, parishioners and fellow clergy from: St Edmund... Read More

Homily on the Feast of St Benedict, 11th July 2025 at Our Lady Help of Christians, Kentish Town, for the Golden Jubilee of priestly ordination of Fr John Deehan. Readings : Proverbs 2:1-9 Matthew 19:27-29 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, dear friends. Tonight, we gather to celebrate a remarkable milestone in the life of our dear friend and brother, Father John Deehan, ordained on the 12 July ... Read More

A Bishop in Nigeria has accused the government of failing to take "concrete action" after gunmen targeted his seminary for the second time in less than 10 months, this time killing a security guard and kidnapping three students. Condemning the attack on Thursday (10th July) at the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivhianokpodi, Edo State, central southern Nigeria, Bishop Gabriel Dunia of Auc... Read More

The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace is seeking a Director of Finance who will be responsible for ensuring that the financial operations and human resources of the regional office of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace runs smoothly and to help facilitate the charism, mission, and direction of the community in the United Kingdom. The regional office is located in Nottingham, Englan... Read More

Gospel of 15 July 2025 Matthew 11:20-24 At that time: Jesus began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. 'Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgemen... Read More

His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan made the following statement during the solidarity visit of Jerusalem Patriarchs and Heads of Churches to the 'targeted' City of Taybeh in the West Bank. His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein condemns the brutal attacks recently carried out by extremist settlers on the Church of St. George (al-Khadr) and the historic Christian cemetery in the town of Ta... Read More

A security officer was killed and three seminarians were kidnapped in an armed attack on the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivhianokpodi, Edo State, Nigeria last Thursday. The Diocese of Auchi said in a statement that the kidnapping occurred shortly after 9pm. Bishop Gabriel Dunia expressed his grief over the death of Nigerian Civil Defense Corps officer, Christopher Aweneghieme. At the ... Read More

Victims of knife crime in London were remembered at a memorial event held at St Mellitus Church, Tollington Park, in north London on Saturday 12 July. Fifty names were read out, and candles lit in memory of those young people: all under 30, many of them teens, of all ethnicities, and all leaving grief-stricken family and friends to cope with such devastating and senseless violence. Fifty, represen... Read More

Pax Christi International has issued the following statement in response to sanctions imposed by the US government on Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian territories. Pax Christi International stands in unequivocal support of Francesca Albanese UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, follow... Read More

A delegation of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), led by its President Mgr Mariano Crociata, will undertake an official visit to Ukraine from 16 to 18 July 2025. The visit aims to express COMECE's continued closeness with the people of Ukraine and solidarity with those affected by the ongoing Russia's war of aggression. During the three-day visit, the COM... Read More

The campaign to clear the name of the late Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy continued with a vigil outside the Indian High Commission in London. Peaceful protestors gathered in front of India House, in Aldwych, on Friday, 11 July, where they stood silently with placards calling for Fr Stan to be exonerated. Fr Stan spent most of his life defending the rights of vulnerable communities in India, includin... Read More

The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem issued this statement today, during their solidarity visit to Taybeh, the last all-Christian town in the West Bank which has suffered ongoing attacks by illegal Israeli settlers. We, the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem, are here today in Taybeh in solidarity with the local community following an intensifying trend of syste... Read More