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We, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, condemn the heinous attack carried out on Saturday, 17 October, by masked settlers in Taybeh against local residents during the olive harvest, and against the foreign guests, including diplomats and officials from European countries, who were with them in a visit of solidarity to the areas sustaining continuous attacks by similar groups of set... Read More

The Cross of Wales, the processional cross that led the Coronation procession of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey and contains a relic of the True Cross gifted by Pope Francis, has passed into the care of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia. The Archbishop of Wales (Church in Wales), the Most Revd Cherry Vann, handed the Cross into the care of Archbishop Mark O'Toole following the na... Read More

A Catholic priest abducted in Nigeria's Middle Belt has been safely freed following a rescue operation involving security personnel and local vigilantes. Father John Inalegwu Otache, parish priest of St Margaret's Church in Ajegbe-Awume, Benue State, was kidnapped on 13th October alongside seven others and held for five days. According to local media reports, officers from Benue State Police Comma... Read More

As part of their 250 years of foundation celebrations, the Presentation Sisters in England invited Judie Chalmers to England. Judie is an actress who brings the story of their Foundress, Nano Nagle to life for children and for adults. She was in England for a week visiting a few of the many schools where the Presentation Sisters ministered. When asked what was Nano like - the children responded by... Read More

Starting in 2016 German magazine Der Spiegel began to spill football's putrid guts with the publication of millions of confidential documents (emails, contracts etc) acquired by a computer hacker. The documents were a nefarious cocktail of greed, corruption and illegality - in which Manchester City (a club supported by several generations of my family) featured prominently. This is the infamous p... Read More

Gospel of 20 October 2026 Luke 12:35-38 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress ... Read More

In preparation for the morning prayer of the JPIC Links day on the impact of mining on people and land, I read again my father's autobiography. Being brought up in Treorchy in the Rhondda valley where his father was a coal miner I realised again that the miseries of mining is my family's story. Dad said that once a squirrel could travel the length of the 'Fair Rhondda valley' without touching the ... Read More

The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke over the telephone today, Monday, 19 October. During the conversation, "the Holy Father recalled the grave situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and made reference to the request for a humanitarian ceasefire that he had presented to the President of the Russian Federation" ... Read More

Catholics across Sussex and Surrey welcomed a new bishop today, Monday 19 October, when Bishop Stephen Wang was ordained as the sixth Bishop of Arundel & Brighton. Pope Leo XIV announced Bishop Stephen's appointment in July. Today's Mass of Ordination at the Cathedral of our Lady and St Philip Howard in Arundel, was attended by His Excellency Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, Apostolic Nuncio ... Read More

The bishops of the European Union call on the EU and its Member States to ensure that Artificial Intelligence (AI) remains firmly at the service of the human person, the common good and peace. The call comes in a declaration adopted at the conclusion of the Autumn Plenary Assembly of COMECE, held in Brussels from 14 to 16 October on the theme 'Magnifica humanitas: Europe, Human Dignity and the Co... Read More

Two years after my first trip, I have returned to Turkana, in northwest Kenya, to strengthen our partnership with the missionary community, understand the changing needs of the local community, bring specialist expertise to study the phenomenon of Lake Turkana's rising water levels, carry out a professional photography documentary and, above all, be there for the local community with our presence... Read More

Gospel of 19 October 2026 Luke 12:13-21 At that time: Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, 'Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.' But he said to him, 'Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?' And he said to them, 'Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of one's possessions.' And he told them a parabl... Read More

Diplomats from several countries along with dozens of French and American solidarity activists, accompanied Palestinian farmers in the West Bank town of Taybeh on Friday as they accessed their olive groves and harvested olives. The diplomatic visit by Canadian Representative to the Palestinian Authority Graham Duttles and Finnish representative Tarja Kangaskorpi was coordinated with the Latin Patr... Read More

Father Joseph Royan CSsR, Redemptorist Priest and Doctoral Student in Rome, will be giving a talk on Tuesday evening in St Gerard's Hall, St Joseph's Redemptorist Monastery and Church, Dundalk, exploring the theme of 'AI and the Church: The Church's Response in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.' This timely discussion will consider the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelli... Read More