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Following Fr Gabriel Romanelli's harrowing and moving testimony about life in Gaza shared while he visited Scotland on Friday 26th April, Archbishop William Nolan, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Rev. Sally Foster-Fulton, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, have signed a declaration issued by Justice & Peace Scotland, SCIAF and the Church of Scotland calling for an end to ... Read More

A new National Synodal Team for the Synodal Pathway in Ireland met for the first time today. Appointed by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference at its Spring General Meeting in March, the team includes lay women and men, priests, religious, bishops and deacons. Father Declan Hurley, Administrator of Saint Mary's Parish, Navan, has been appointed chairperson of the team. At today's meeting, Fat... Read More

The Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK) has called for supporters to stand in solidarity with refugees, amid reports that the Home Office is launching a major operation to detain people in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda. Senior Policy Officer Sophie Cartwright said: "Right now, people who came to the UK in search of sanctuary are living in fear of this reckless attack on human rights. ... Read More

Opening this week: P21 Gallery presents We Are Not Numbers, an exhibition featuring works from talented Palestinian artists and storytellers, offering visitors a glimpse into the rich culture, heritage, and struggles of Palestinians' stories - the real life stories behind the media statistics. In addition to the visual displays, there will be panel discussions, film screenings, and interactive wor... Read More

Gospel of 29 April 2024 Matthew 11:25-30 Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and t... Read More

The annual London Migrant Workers Mass will take place this year at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, on Monday 6 May. Migrants make a valuable contribution to life in the UK. The annual Mass is a celebration of how communities have been enriched by migration and the difference migrants make to wider society. The Mass will be led by Archbishop John Wilson, with bishops from the Diocese of Westmins... Read More

Vox Holloway Chamber Choir will be presenting a benefit concert for St Luke's Church on Saturday with: Byrd Mass for Four Voices Elgar's Sea Pictures (arranged by Harvey Brough) and Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs. Soloists will be: Eloise Irving, Imogen Parry, Faith Waddell, Rick Leigh, Maurice Wren, Steve Copeland and Daniel Moriyamo, piano. The choir director is Harvey Brough. Vox H... Read More

When Father Gabriel Romanelli travelled to the West Bank to get some urgently-needed medicine for a nun living with his community in Gaza, it never crossed his mind he'd be separated from his flock for over six months. Father Gabriel, parish priest of the Holy Family Church in the north of the strip, had to watch from a distance as the horrors of the 7 October Hamas attack unfolded, before Israel'... Read More

On Saturday morning, Christians of all denominations gathered at St Matthew's Church Westminster, for prayers, before heading out to join the national peace rally, calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. One organiser said: "This genocide shows no sign of stopping, and, along with the military slaughter we are seeing intentional starvation - the grossest of human rights abuses an... Read More

Fr Philip Dyer-Perry, Parish Priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Staines, West London, writes: Last week we celebrated the Feast of St George, Patron Saint of England. Here at Our Lady of the Rosary we are an international and multi-cultural community, but we are also so very English. There is something uniquely English about how we are welcoming to all, about our 'live and let live' appr... Read More

Gospel of 28 April 2024 John 15:1-8 'I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can ... Read More

Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm, Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, writes: It is a duty to remember with sadness and respect every human life lost due to the violence of war. These are losses that could have been avoided. But humanity is looking for the possibility of war and not for the possible peace. Among the many innocent victims, particularly sad is the preventable death of Lara al-Sayegh, ... Read More

Young supporters of the international development agency Christian Aid, and some of its partners are coming together on Sunday, April 28, for a pilgrimage around the UK capital to demand an end to UK weapons sales to Israel. The group, made up of 18-30 year olds, will be setting off from Lambeth Palace - the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury - to highlight the fact their faith has... Read More

Fifth Sunday of Easter The image of the vine One of the advantages of coming from a mixed family background is the variety of experiences that we sample in the course of our lives. At the risk of putting a bit too much of my personal heritage before you, the French side of my family keeps me in touch with farming, particularly through their rearing of Montbéliarde cattle, whose milk is essential ... Read More