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Pope Francis' widely-anticipated autobiography 'Hope' has been released today, in more than 80 countries, in several languages, in print and audiobook format. This first memoir published by a sitting pontiff, written by the Pope in collaboration with Italian writer Carlo Musso, took six years to complete. Originally it was intended to be published after the Pope's passing, but the announcement of... Read More

Sister Bernadette Hunston has been awarded the Westminster Diocesan Medal, with a certificate signed by Cardinal Vincent Nichols recognising 'over sixty years of active and dedicated contribution to the Diocese.' Bishop John Sherrington presided at a Mass in Ealing Abbey today, at the end of which he presented the medal to Sister Bernadette. The ceremony was attended by sisters of her own congrega... Read More

The Jesus who confronts us in today's Gospel is a Jesus of power: he commands the unclean spirits and they obey him (Mark 1:27). Jesus has "authority" - in the original Greek, exousia, the executive authority of a plenipotentiary (Mark 1:22). This is the 'ideal' Jesus of many: a Jesus full of power, who has only to say the word, and all will obey. It is the Jesus to whom we often pray, especially ... Read More

The sixteenth annual Genocide Memorial Day will take place on Sunday, 19 January, with a conference in London. Fifteen months after it started, Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza ploughs forward relentlessly. Despite the Internationasl Court of Justice (ICJ) finding a plausible case of genocide against Israel and despite multiple accusations of genocide by human rights groups and legal expe... Read More

Gospel of 14 January 2025 Mark 1:21-28 Jesus and his disciples went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 'What have you to do with us, Jesus... Read More

Christians For Palestine will be meeting for prayers on Saturday, 18 January, at 12noon, in Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, WC2H 8EP, before joining the National March at the north end of Whitehall / Trafalgar Square. The organisers write: Dear friends and supporters, It's been over a year since we started marching together as a Christian bloc at the national ceasefire marches. In that year, w... Read More

Ann Rodgers reports on Angelus News: Four days after Corpus Christi Church was incinerated in the Palisades fire, Captain Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department picked his way over a six-foot layer of rubble in the ashen bones of the sanctuary and recovered the tabernacle. "I did it because the whole community has been decimated - it looks like a nuclear bomb has gone off and nothing is... Read More

Outgoing US President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the United States' highest civilian honour. Biden announced this directly to the Pope, in a telephone call on Saturday, 11 January. The two were due to meet in person on 10 January at the Vatican, for a private audience, as part of Biden's trip to Italy, the last international trip before t... Read More

China, 2024, 116 minutes, Colour. Eddie Peng. Directed by Guan Hu. Sometimes moviegoers say that they would like to see something different, a film from somewhere else, different sensibilities,, entry into a world they are unfamiliar with. Black Dog is an excellent candidate this kind of choice. We are caught up with a very striking opening, the camera panning unfamiliar vistas of north-western Ch... Read More

With just six days to go until until Peace Sunday 2025, Pax Christi is launching their Peace Sunday 2025 Fundraising Appeal. They say: We live in a world riven by war and violence. As Pope Francis has said on a number of occasions, it is as if there is a third world war - 'one that is being fought piecemeal.' Our vision is of a world where everyone can live in peace, without fear of violence in a... Read More

Peace Sunday on 19 January is being marked in Liverpool with a special Mass followed by a lecture Mass and Lecture at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Archbishop Malcolm McMahon will celebrate Mass at 11am. Refreshments will be available after the Mass. At 1.15pm, Dr Gee Walker will give a talk about the murder of her son Anthony, forgiveness, reconciliation, and justice. This is a partnership ... Read More

Gospel of 13 January 2025 Mark 1:14-20 After John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.' Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, 'Follow me, an... Read More

The Lassus Scholars directed by Dr Ite O'Donovan, an adult chamber choir of Dublin Choral Foundation CLG, are in Rome this week providing all the sacred music for the Third International Conference of English-speaking Catholic Clergy , between Monday 13 January and Friday 17 January. The invitation to sing at the conference came from the Australian Confraternity, the organisers of the week-long ev... Read More

This year, during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) and author and ethicist Andrew DeCort, PhD, will be giving a series of prayerful reflections on the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12). From January 18-25, Andrew will be joined online each day at 12pm ET by a different guest to reflect on one of the beatitudes and pray for a just peace for the Middle East. Sp... Read More