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With yet another blow to regional stability, many Christians in the Holy Land believe it is time to leave. Yet the mission of the Church remains, bringing hope and dignity to people in their daily lives. The director of the Development Office of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, George Akroush, was in Munich, Germany when Israel and the USA began the latest war against Iran. With all flights to... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has appealed for a ceasefire in the Middle East and called for paths of dialogue. Speaking after the Angelus with pilgrims in St Peter's Square, he addressed those responsible for the ongoing conflict between the US and Israel and Iran, and said "in the name of the Christians of the Middle East and of all women and men of goodwill: Cease the fire! Let paths of dialogue be reopened!" "... Read More

On Saturday afternoon, 14 March, Pope Leo XIV took possession of the apartment in the Apostolic Palace, moving with some of his closest collaborators, into rooms used by his predecessors. The news was announced by Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office. The Pope has been living in the Vatican's Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, where he already resided, while serving as Prefect of the Dicaste... Read More

Michal Tuchowski from Radio Bobola reports: On Friday, March 13, the Polish community group 'Men of Saint Joseph in England and Wales' walked a 19-kilometre Night Way of the Cross through the streets of London. The route from the parish of St Philip the Apostle in Central Finchley to Westminster Cathedral including 14 station churches and Adoration at Tyburn Convent. The event was a time of prayer... Read More

Gospel of 15 March 2026 John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 At that time: As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him, 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam' (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying... Read More

Professor Todd Walatka, Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA gave the following reflection at the St Oscar Romero ecumenical service held in St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square today. The theme was: Inspiration and Hope in Hard Times. Romans 12 is one of those passages from St Paul that is both beautiful and, if we are honest, rather overwhelm... Read More

The Archbishop Romero Trust held its annual ecumenical service in St Martin in the Fields church in London on Saturday 14 March. The theme was Inspiration and Hope in Hard Times, and the speaker Professor Todd Walatka, Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA. A small choir began the service with a beautiful Cameroonian chant, 'Stand Firm' and led the co... Read More

'Shared Light' is London's first inter-faith art exhibition, and a new dimension to the Aziz Foundation's London Ramadan Lights programme, initiated three years ago. Situated in the Zedwell hotel's basement café near Piccadilly Circus, the entrance is in The Trocadero Arcade, but currently quite hard to find due to building works and extensive scaffolding. Eventually finding the exhibition, the c... Read More

Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe has recently returned from a two week visit to Ukraine to express his support and solidarity with the local Church and the Dominican communities there. Reflecting on his experiences, in an interview with Vatican News, the Cardinal said that the midst of the devastation and destruction, he had "encountered great courage" as people are "determined to stay and do their be... Read More

Fourth Sunday of Lent For far too long disability was understood by many religious people as somehow connected to heavenly disfavour, in some cases a direct consequence of sinfulness, and so it at first seems with the story of the man born blind, we note the unfavourable comment of the disciples who ask Jesus;'"Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus' answer is u... Read More

Gospel of 14 March 2026 Luke 18:9-14 At that time: Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 'Two men went up into the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: "God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like ... Read More

Pope Leo XIV invited Christians who bear responsibility for war, to make a serious examination of conscience, during a meeting on Friday with participants in the 36th Course on the Internal Forum, organized annually by the Apostolic Penitentiary. The course offers priests and seminarians extended training regarding issues connected with the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and typically concludes wit... Read More

A new exhibition in London for one day only next week, will share the extraordinary story behind the William John Kennedy Box Sets of images of Andy Warhol - iconic leader of the Pop Art Movement - who was also a devout Catholic. ( He attended Mass every day for most of his life). For the first time, Warhol: Inside the Box will share the full, extraordinary stories of these images, from their cre... Read More

A Light in the Dark by J. (15) Holy Trinity Academy, Telford, Shropshire One crisp autumn morning, the people of St George's Church faced a challenge unlike any they'd encountered before. A group of refugees had arrived in town. They'd fled war, violence, and persecution, crossing seas, deserts, and dangerous borders in search of a safe place to call home. Many were traumatised, their lives torn a... Read More