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Jordanian security has arrested suspects accused of opening fire on a funeral, which Christian leaders have condemned as a terrorist atrocity. The attack on St George's Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hamoud, Karak Governorate, on Friday (23rd October) killed nine and wounded 34 others during a funeral service. Around 250 Christians were gathered in and outside the church when armed men ar... Read More

Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces' operation now underway in Hebron/al-Khalil in the Occupied West Bank. Soldiers are raiding homes and ordering families out of entire neighbourhoods. Three members of CPT's Palestine team are currently sheltering in place. They've chosen to stay with their families and neighbours. CPT honours that choice and stands with them a... Read More

Gospel of 26 October 2026 Luke 13:10-17 At that time: Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, 'Woman, you are freed from your disability.' And he laid his hands on her, and immediately ... Read More

The Sisters of Charity of New York have published the following comment on Instagram, in response to reports about the 12 Catholic bishops who posed for a picture praying over President Donald Trump on Saturday morning. AUTHORITY. Twelve Catholic bishops gathered in the Oval Office to pray over President Trump, just days before the midterm elections. One bishop explained that the gathering was no... Read More

The continuing rise in the numbers of people seeking emergency accommodation across the island of Ireland was referenced in a report by the Bishops' Commission for Social Issues and International Affairs during the Bishops' autumn general meeting held in Maynooth this week. Bishops stated: "This continuing crisis of homelessness in our society - North and South - is a blight on our society. It i... Read More

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, delivered this homily today for the Solemnity of Our Lady Queen of Palestine 2026 at Deir Rafat. Acts 1:12-14; Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10a; Luke 1:41-50 Dear Excellencies, Dear Brothers and Sisters, May the Lord give you peace! As we do every year, we gather here, at the feet of the Virgin Mary, to entrust to her our Church a... Read More

Activists from Christian Climate Action added their own version of a 'Banksy' to the hoardings at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in Whitehall Place today. This was in response to news that the UK government has approved the Jackdaw gas field. The government is now poised to decide on Adura's huge Rosebank oil field. Activists point to the science that shows we cannot afford to bur... Read More

The Most Reverend Jeffrey S Grob, Archbishop of Milwaukee has issued the following statement today, in the wake of the controversy over a group of 12 Catholic bishops photographed praying with President Trump. A Public Apology - Archbishop Jeffrey Grob Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I write this message to you from the Dominican Republic while visiting with fellow pilgrims our sharing pari... Read More

The Scottish Laity Network was established in September 2017 with the core aim of 'seeking to enable Scottish laity to come together as disciples of Jesus, and through prayer, dialogue and discernment find "new ways" of being Church in Scotland in the 21st Century'. During the time of lockdown, March 2020, we reflected on our core aim and rooted in prayer we felt prompted by the Spirit to go on a ... Read More

Gospel of 25 October 2026 Matthew 22:34-40 At that time: When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 'Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?' And he said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great ... Read More

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh, in conjunction with and supported by the Holy See, and the Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad organised a three-day seminar on Christian-Muslim Relations entitled "Understanding Islam Through Dialogue: Walking Together in Hope and Peace" for clergy, religious sisters, and lay leaders who serve as members of diocesan Commissions for Interreligious Dial... Read More

Kate Nightingale, CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society (England and Wales), will take on the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon in a remarkable personal challenge to support the work of the charity. Currently Kate is preparing to take on two of the world's most iconic marathons after an unexpected double opportunity turned what she thought were her last marathon running days into one ... Read More

On 21 October the Dialogue Society held an interfaith event to highlight the importance of Nostra Aetate. It was an unusual initiative, a Muslim organization celebrating a landmark Catholic declaration of the Vatican Council on interfaith relations. The Dialogue Society is the London branch of the Islamic Gulen organization, Hizmet. Once an extensive, highly successful and influential organization... Read More

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 148 There are moments in our faith life, or as others might put it, stops on our faith journey, when we are faced with an emptiness in prayer, or perhaps what we regard as a silence from God, which sometimes can come in the form of disillusionment with what we have found as comfort and consolation from our faith. These moments or times are not to be un... Read More