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Gospel of 27 April 2024 John 14:7-14 Jesus said to his disciples: 'If you know me, you know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.' Philip said, 'Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.' 'Have I been with you all this time, Philip,' said Jesus to him, 'and you still do not know me? 'To have seen me is to have seen the Father, so how can you say, "Let us... Read More

A Catholic community in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater region have, for many months, been bearing witness to attempts by Tanzania's national government to squeeze out indigenous Maasai communities from their traditional lands, by cutting health services in a long-established clinic. The clinic, which has been run by the Catholic church since 1965, has suffered cuts to water and electricity, and the... Read More

Fr David Stewart SJ, from Scottish Bishops' J&P Commission writes: A large audience gathered in Glasgow's International Concert Hall on Saturday, to greet Fr Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest of Holy Family Roman Catholic community in Gaza. Another nearby hall had been booked for Hope For Peace in Gaza: A Conversation With Fr Romanelli but it proved too small. Organised jointly by SCIAF (Scot... Read More

Sister Cathy, a Religious of the Assumption from the Twickenham community wrote on X (Twitter) today: @SrCathyRA - 30 years ago today, six Assumption Sisters were killed in Rwanda. We remember them with love, and pray for peace wherever there is violence & hatred. A reflection on the Assumption Sisters website reads: 'Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a sin... Read More

The Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse this year will be observed on 30th April 2024. It is always marked on the Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter in England and Wales. This year's focus is on communities who have been directly affected by allegations or convictions related to abuse, especially, but not exclusively, within the Church. This may be associated with clergy, a teacher i... Read More

Basic necessities like electricity are prohibitively expensive in Lebanon and Syria because of an ongoing economic crisis, making renewable energy systems crucial, according to the local Church. Priests and religious Sisters in Lebanon have explained how the solar panels donated by a Catholic charity have enabled them to survive soaring power costs. Sister Yaout of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy... Read More

The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past few days that killed mostly children and women, repeating his warning against a full-scale incursion on an area where 1.2 million civilians have been forcibly cornered. Such an operation would lead to further breaches of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, he said. It... Read More

Once again this Saturday, Christians For Palestine will be gathering in London to pray and march for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Meet at St Matthew's church, Westminster, 20 Great Peter St, London SW1P 2BU at 11.45am. The organisers say: "We will hold our prayers around 12pm and leave at 12.15, to march the route from Parliament Square to the national rally in Hyde Park. "Please ... Read More

Gospel of 26 April 2024 John 14:1-6 Jesus said to his disciples: 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too. You know the ... Read More

Father Gabriel Romanelli, Parish Priest of Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza, has been in London during a week-long visit to the United Kingdom, facilitated by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. An Argentinian priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), on Tuesday he met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev Justin Welby, at Lambeth Palace. He has also met with... Read More

The Irish Chaplaincy has announced the appointment of Marie Norbury as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Marie comes with a breadth of experience gained from working in both the charity and corporate sectors as well as ten years in Catholic education. Rooted in Catholic Social Teaching, she joins the Irish Chaplaincy from Pact (Prison Advice & Care Trust) where she has played a key role i... Read More

An open letter, signed by over 250 organisations from across civil society in the UK, has been sent to the Prime Minister following the passage of the Government's Rwanda Act. The civil society organisations have come together to make a stand against the Government's Rwanda Plan, which they say breaks international law and "abandons our duty to share in the global responsibility towards those forc... Read More

The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Timothy Menezes, Dean of St Chad's Cathedral, and Canon Richard Walker, Vicar General, as new Auxiliary Bishops to serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Mgr Menezes has been the Dean of St Chad's Cathedral since 2019. He is also the Vice-Dean of Birmingham Cathedral and South Deanery. He was the Vicar General for several years and also the Archbi... Read More

In a pastoral letter addressed to all Scotland's Catholics, the bishops of Scotland ask them to urge their MSPs to reject the recently published assisted suicide proposals. The letter will be read out in all of Scotland's 460 Catholic parishes, at all Masses on 27 & 28 April. The bishops describe the proposal put forward by Liam McArthur MSP, as "dangerous" and call on MSPs to focus their ene... Read More