UK & Ireland

The annual Carthusian Martyrs Commemoration Choral Evensong will take place on Saturday, 4 May 2024, at 4pm, in The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AN. The Preacher will be Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London. Congregation members from St. Giles Cripplegate, Jewin Welsh Church, St. Joseph's, Bunhill Row, and Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission who form the EC... Read More

While Ireland was once a leader in road safely standards, in recent years there has been a worrying rise in the number of traffic accidents throughout the country. Ahead of the May public holiday this weekend, Killaloe Bishop Fintan Monahan said: "Up to this morning, across the island of Ireland, there have been 69 road fatalities in the Republic of Ireland, and 21 fatalities in the Northern Irela... Read More

The Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia will be making a special visit to St Dominic's Priory and Rosary Shrine, Southampton Road, NW5, this Sunday, 5 May. Archbishop Buendia will be celebrating a special Mass at 12 noon, in thanksgiving for all those who have donated in any way towards the recent underfloor heating project in this beautiful church. There will be food and drink in th... Read More

On 25 April, the Archdiocese of Armagh and the Diocese of Dromore jointly hosted an inter-church dialogue event in the Drumcree Pastoral Centre, Portadown, on the theme: 'Journeying together as Christians in Ireland'. The event aimed to explore how the synodal processes currently underway in the Catholic Church, in Ireland and globally, can draw inspiration from the work of inter-chu... Read More

LGBT+ Catholics Westminster marked the start of its 25th anniversary month by laying 25 red roses during the annual commemoration of Soho's Admiral Duncan pub bombing which took place on 30 April 1999. The ceremony took place with a capacity crowd, filling St Anne's Gardens, Wardour Street, Soho. LGBT+ Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council Secretary, Martin Pendergast, who was also a co-founder o... Read More

"Instead of discussing this dangerous and ideological policy, we should be talking about how to fix the UK's broken and patchy palliative care system so everyone can have a dignified death - a view shared by the Health and Social Care Committee." Speaking ahead of Monday's Westminster Hall debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia, Dr Gordon Macdonald, CEO of Care Not Killing described it as a mis... Read More

The whole Catholic Church should listen more to the victims and survivors of clerical child abuse and the experience of affected parish communities and consider appropriate action, a new report says. The Cross of the Moment report is based on research led by Durham University's Centre for Catholic Studies. It is the first study of how the abuse crisis has impacted the whole Catholic community in E... Read More

The SVP Deaf Centre Newcastle, will be hosting their 'DC Make some Noise!' event next month to coincide with the 2024 International Week of Deaf Awareness. The event will take place at the centre on Friday 10th May where the deaf, hard of hearing (HoH), and hearing audiences are welcome to celebrate. Adult networking will run 4pm - 9pm, with TED Talk speakers presenting 5pm - 6pm. In 2023 Dr Megan... Read More

His Holiness, Pope Francis, has appointed the Reverend David Waller as the next Ordinary and the first Bishop Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. His appointment follows the Holy Father's acceptance of the resignation submitted by Mgr Keith Newton. On hearing the news, Mgr Newton said: "I am delighted that our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed Father David Waller... Read More

Seventy-five years ago on 28th April 1949, St James Church in Spanish Place was consecrated in a ceremony lasting five-and-a-half hours and celebrated by no less than six bishops. On Sunday, Cardinal Vincent Nichols presided at a Mass commemorating the anniversary of this remarkable occasion. He gave thanks for the generations of Catholics who have received the sacraments and the clergy who have m... Read More

Ahead of Thursday's local elections in the UK, Cardinal Vincent Nichols encourages all to vote as 'another way in which we exercise responsibility' for the good of society. He addresses a special message to young people who may be eligible to vote for the first time, urging them to play their part and use their vote. He asks all the faithful to think carefully and prayerfully as we cast our vote i... 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

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

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