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Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ, chair of the Council for Migrants, Refugees and Justice & Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference issued this statement today. Over these days, as we anticipate the celebration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, our thoughts turn to the people of the Holy Land. These days - the highpoint of the Christian year - the fear and ... Read More

April 3rd 2026 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross The Liturgy of Good Friday has a solemn simplicity that takes us back to earlier times, in fact the structure has its roots in the 4th century Liturgy in the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, mainly the veneration of the Cross and reading of the Passion, mentioned by the pilgrim Egeria in her account of the ceremonies. It also has links t... Read More

On March 30th, 2026, the Israeli Knesset voted to expand the use of the death penalty, specifically in occupied Palestinian territories. In response, Catholic leaders and authorised representatives of Catholic organisations endorsed this call from Catholic leaders and organisations to express strong moral opposition to the legislation and call for immediate action to protect Palestinian life, upho... Read More

An exhibition marking the work of a priest in the coal mines in the 1970s and 1980s is on display at Cusworth Hall in Doncaster. The Reverend David Lawrance, chaplain for the Industrial Mission, worked in and around collieries in the 1970s and 1980s - including during the miners' strike - and kept extensive records and sketches of life and work underground. This exhibition, created from his drawi... Read More

More schools have signed up for CAFOD's Big Lent Walk this year than ever before. The wave of enthusiasm by Catholic young people comes hot on the heels of an extraordinary response to the Jubilee Year. So far over 760 schools, including at least 43 in Westminster diocese, are taking part in the charity's annual nationwide fundraising challenge, walking 200km over 40 days. In addition, over 1,000 ... Read More

Maundy Thursday: Towel and Sword Night gathers early. The room is dim. Bread on the table. Wine holding the last light. Outside, boots on stone. Empire still turns. Now too: Propellers in the dark. A drone circling above sleeping roofs. The long whistle of a bomb. Glass becoming rain. A child waking into fire. Inside, a bowl of water. He stands, slips off his robe, and takes up a towel. No one spe... Read More

Gospel of 2 April 2026 John 13:1-15 Before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands,... Read More

On the occasion of the launch of the NASA Artemis II mission on Wednesday, 1 April, 2026, the Caritas in Veritate Foundation has released a video featuring reflections and perspectives on space exploration and the principles that should govern humanity's relationship with it. Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, in an interview with Vatican media, affirms that "space must remain a common good, with clear... Read More

April 2nd 2026 Ubi Caritas On Holy Thursday most of us focus on the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper and the watching with that sacramental presence of the Lord, as our altars are stripped bare in preparation for the solemn day of Good Friday. But the English title for this day, Maundy Thursday from the Latin word mandatum, hints at a profound otherness in what takes place and point... Read More

Spikenard and Ash She moved like silence in a room full of eyes, broke the jar like a prophet breaks the sky. No words, Just oil - and the scent of burial. The men coughed, like they'd inhaled scandal. She poured a year's wage on his worn feet, and wiped them with her dignity undone. And the church- still, at times, finds itself in the crucible of pain and suffering. There, it pours itself out- in... Read More

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..."1 Peter 1:3 'In the weeks leading up to this year's commemoration of Christ's death and resurrection, a new and devastating regional war has once again plunged the Holy Land and the wider Middle East into turmoil. Eac... Read More

His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East; His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church; and His Beatitude Youssef Absi, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, condemned attacks on the city of Al-Suqaylabiyah in Hama, Syria-including acts of... Read More

Lay people's service and witness is essential to building a Church that reaches out to all and spreads the Gospel, along with justice, charity and peace, Pope Leo XIV said during today's General Audience with pilgrims in St Peter's Square. "The vast field of the lay apostolate is not confined to the Church, but extends to the world," Pope Leo said. "The Church is present wherever her children prof... Read More

Archbishop Richard Moth delivered this homily yesterday at the Westminster Cathedral Chrism Mass. Dear Brothers and Sisters, In today's first reading, the Prophet Isaiah recognises himself as being the prophet chosen by the Lord to bring new life to the people. "The Lord has anointed me", he says. When we come to the Gospel, Jesus Himself, the Word made Flesh, the only Son of the Father, takes up ... Read More