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A record number of people took part in the monthly prayer vigil for refugees and migrants, outside the Home Office in Westminster on Monday, 15 June. As the day marked the start of Refugee Week, we were joined by a large number of students from Catholic schools in London and Birmingham. Their participation was organised by the Columbans and the FCJ Sisters. We were also joined by Quakers and Angli... Read More

St John Lloyd RC Primary School in Cardiff has become the first Catholic primary school in Wales to achieve the Oscar Romero Award at Participation level. The school has been recognised for its work on promoting Catholic Social Teaching into the culture, curriculum, and ethos of the school. The school marked the beginning of this journey by celebrating Mass on the Feast Day of Saint Oscar Romero ... Read More

Russian attacks caused a fire and substantial damage to the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, last night. Photos this morning showed large parts of the cathedral were still on fire, with Kyiv's military administration head confirming substantial damage. Bishop Kenneth Noawakowski OBE, from the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London, told ICN: "The continued, unrelenting bombardment of Ukra... Read More

In 2025 The London Borough of Wandsworth commemorated three nuns who lived and worked in this part of South London. These three religious are now celebrated in a new book - Extraordinary Women of Wandsworth -which profiles the lives of more than eighty women connected to the Borough. Organised into eight sections-Entrepreneurs, Writers, Scientists, Artists, Activists, Entertainers, Educators and S... Read More

Gospel of 15 June 2026 Matthew 5:38-42 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." But I say to you: Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go o... Read More

During the Angelus on Sunday, with pilgrims in St Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the abundance of God's grace and every Christian's mission to share Christ's forgiveness with all people. Recalling on the day's Gospel (Mt 9:36-10:8), Pope Leo said: "The Son of God looks at the people; He looks at humanity: He sees the oppression that burdens and the violence that causes strength to fad... Read More

Care Not Killing announced this evening that it is deeply disappointed at the 'ideological' decision to bring back the deeply flawed assisted dying bill, despite poll after poll confirming the public do not see it as a priority. The Assisted Dying Bill for England and Wales is set to return to parliament after Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, Lauren Edwards said she wanted to give the legislat... Read More

Water has become a daily concern for our family, shaping both the small and significant details of our lives. Every summer, we expect interruptions in the water supply. It has become an unfortunate part of life in Bethlehem. Yet this year, the situation has gone far beyond the usual seasonal shortages. For more than two months, we have experienced repeated disruptions. In recent weeks, the crisis ... Read More

Archbishop Eamon Martin delivered this homily during the International Mass in Lurgan Parish, Dromore, today, 14 June, to celebrate the gifts of the parish's diverse community - after a week of attacks on migrant communities in Northern Ireland. Friends, I'm very happy to be with you for this international Mass to celebrate the richness and diversity of your parish community here in Lurgan. I am ... Read More

On the evening of Wednesday 10 June, nearly a hundred people gathered at St Anne's Church in central Birmingham to mark the 10 years since the opening of Fatima House. The celebration of the 10th year anniversary of Fatima House could seen as framed between two significant moments in the recent history of the Church and papal engagement with the issue of migration: the visit of Pope Francis to Lam... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has released his message for the 10th World Day of the Poor, to be observed on 15 November 2026. Reflecting on Psalm 14, "The Lord is the refuge of the poor," the Pope notes that they were written during a dramatic period marked by the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, when the people "felt deprived of God's presence and experienced unprecedented material and moral misery." In h... Read More

Reading this book was pure pleasure. I studied history at school and university and became a Roman Catholic partly as a result of it. I have never met the book's author, Fr Nicholas Schofield, a priest of Westminster Diocese, but I would love to accompany him to one of his favourite historical sites to hear him speak about it and bring it alive. This is what the book does with a selection of Fr Sc... Read More

Gospel of 14 June 2026 Matthew 9:36-10:8 At that time: When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.' And he called to him his twelve disciple... Read More

A humanitarian convoy organized by the Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, together with Caritas and other Catholic organizations, which was heading toward three Christian villages in the south of the Cedar Country, was forced to change its route "because of an exchange of fire between the parties" - the Israeli army (IDF) and Hezbollah militias. Archbishop Borgia reported the i... Read More