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Gospel of 11 November 2025 Matthew 25:31-40 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the... Read More

Vatican Media have launched a documentary today: 'Leo from Chicago' about the background of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States. The film begins with his childhood in Dolton, through the memories of his brothers Louis and John, and continues among schools and universities, communities and parishes, featuring the voices of confreres, teachers, classmates, and longtime friends. Produc... Read More

Extensive conservation work has begun on one of the English Catholic Church's most unusual mausoleums. The tomb of Sir Richard Burton and his wife, Isabel, in the graveyard of St Mary Magdalen Church in Mortlake near Richmond, is shaped like a Bedouin tent. It is being fully renovated for the first time in more than three decades to prevent it from falling into disrepair. Sir Richard was one o... Read More

Father Bede Mullens OP writes: We are based in Kingston, which mercifully was left largely unscathed by the hurricane. Nonetheless, some of our poorer parishioners in August Town, an impoverished neighbourhood, did lose roofs, walls, and in one case, pretty much the whole house; St Martin's Missions funding has enabled purchase of materials for repairs. We are also conscious that, after recent pan... Read More

Quaker climate activist Marcus Decker will not be deported, a judge ruled at his immigration tribunal on Monday, 10 November. Decker had faced deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels but defence barristers from Matrix Chambers emphasized that he acted upon his conscience. They said he was a model citizen with a strong moral compass and that it was only a matter of time before clima... Read More

On Remembrance Sunday, 9 November, Every Casualty Counts, hosted by Quakers in Britain, projected a striking Virtual Cenotaph onto the front of Friends House in Euston. In 2024, at least one civilian was killed in war every 12 minutes. The Virtual Cenotaph's light projection focused on the deeply personal cost of war, memorialising 100 ordinary people killed in wars during 2024. This inclusive rem... Read More

The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd marks a year-long celebration of the Bicentenary of the founding of the Contemplative Sisters by Saint Mary Euphrasia in Tours, France. This celebration concludes on November 11, 2025, with a Eucharistic Celebration presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in Rome. A Legacy of Faith and Courage The origins of the Contemp... Read More

The Service of Commemoration for those who have died homeless in past year will take place at St Martin in the Fields, this Thursday , 13 November 11am -1pm. Once again this November, during remembrance week, we will gather to commemorate those whose lives have been shortened due to homelessness in London. The theme of this years' service is 'Refuge' and will recognise the fact that so many, ofte... Read More

Gospel of 10 November 2025 Matthew 16:13-19 At that time: When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, 'Who do people say that the Son of Man is?' And they said, 'Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter replied, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the livin... Read More

Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for the Environment for the Bishops' Conference, has issued a statement on COP30 which takes place in Belém, Brazil, from 10-21 November 2025. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the United Nations' annual meeting held to assess progress in dealing with climate change. COP30 offers an important opportunity for countries to recommit to the multilateral promise ma... Read More

In a message delivered by Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, to the UN Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil, Pope Leo XIV has urged world leaders to make courageous and concrete commitments for the care of creation, reminding them that peace and environmental stewardship are inseparably linked. Cardinal Parolin told delegates: "If you want to cultivate peace, care for creation." The Po... Read More

COP30 starts on Monday, 10 October. The head of the UN has called our inability to keep below 1.5 degrees global warming as "moral failure and deadly negligence". There are so many reasons to despair, to assume that nothing good can come out of yet another conference where fossil fuel lobbyists out-number the delegation of whole countries. And yet, it must always be right to pray. And it must al... Read More

In 2023, a new life-size bronze statue of St Dominic was unveiled outside the Dominicans' chapel in Edinburgh. In this new film by Graham Pritz-Bennett, Becoming Dominic, we follow sculptor Kenny Hunter as he draws the form of this statue out of its raw materials. This labour, attempting to capture the spirit of St Dominic, is woven between interviews with today's Dominican Friars, who in many dif... Read More

On Saturday, 8th November, I attended the Gaza Day Conference: A Mental Health Conference for Palestine - Living Through the Unimaginable: Witnessing and Responding to the Genocide in Gaza. The event, organised by Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine, took place at Birkbeck, University of London. We heard from Dr Yasser Abu Jamei, Director General of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, who as... Read More