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September 26, is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. UN Secretary General António Guterres urges: "Let us act with urgency and courage and build a safer, more peaceful world for present and future generations...The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves." Inter alia, this day "provides an occasion for t... Read More

A prayer walk in Vancouver, Canada on 20 September brought a grassroots lens to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. "Let us, like them, be Christians led by God on the sacred path of reconciliation, justice, and peace." As part an opening prayer to begin the walk, those gathered said: "We are so blessed to be on this land and to be together as th... Read More

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 136 I felt a sense of deep joy when I watched the live broadcast of Vespers in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Friday evening, presided over by Pope Leo XIV. There is the same presence of a human being who has lived life with us, similar to that of Pope Francis. The self same understanding a a very French Catholic spirituality of Christ's mother, t... Read More

Gospel of 26 September 2026 Luke 9:43b-45 At that time: While they were all marvelling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, 'Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.' But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this sa... Read More

On the first day of his Apostolic Journey to France, Pope Leo XIV returned to UNESCO 46 years after St John Paul II, calling for a renewed commitment to peace, truth and human dignity and warning that scientific and technological progress, when separated from ethics, can become an instrument of domination and destruction. Addressing representatives of Member and Observer States, international orga... Read More

Pope Leo XIII began his Apostolic Journey to France this morning, leaving Rome Fiumicino International Airport at 7.50am local time accompanied by more than 80 journalists from 10 countries. He told them: "I, above all, am travelling to France, as to anywhere else in the world, as a follower of Jesus Christ wanting to proclaim peace, the peace of Christ throughout the world. It is a message which ... Read More

.Rabbis for Human Rights say: "We are more prepared for this harvest than ever before...Though we wish we didn't have to be there at all." "As a child," shared Adam, our Palestinian Director of Field Operations in the Occupied West Bank, "I remember the joy of the Olive Harvest in Hizma; it was a full-day family affair: working, drinking, tea, and celebrating a successful day's work with makluba..... Read More

Anita Tozzi, Justice & Peace Coordinator for the Diocese of Westminster writes: St Mary's University Twickenham recently hosted an online screening of the National Emergency Briefing which you can see here: https://www.nebriefing.org/ This impactful 50-minute film outlines the urgency of the climate crisis and how it affects us all in the UK. Chris Packham speaks about how climate and nature a... Read More

JRR Tolkien, the Catholic writer, artist, scholar and linguist is to be honoured in Westminster Abbey in Poets' Corner alongside his close friend and fellow writer, CS Lewis. A major new memorial celebrating Tolkien's creative vision and storytelling by artist Stephen Broadbent will be revealed at a dedication ceremony in Spring 2027, which is also the 90th anniversary year of The Hobbit and 50th ... Read More

On 24 September 2026, in New York, during the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, delivered a statement at the High-Level Meeting to Address the Existential Threats Posed by Sea-level Rise. Cardinal Parolin stressed that sea-level rise threatens homes, livelihoods, food and water secur... Read More

More than 50,000 people attended the Beatification Mass for Blessed Archbishop Fulton J Sheen at the Dome in the America's Centre, St Louis, Missouri, on Thursday 24 September, among them, 90 bishops, 1,000 priests and 1, 600 women and men religious. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was the chief celebrant. He conveyed the greetings of Pope Leo XIV, who, he said, "rejoices at the beatification of h... Read More

Gospel of 25 September 2026 Luke 9:18-22 It happened that as Jesus was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, 'Who do the crowds say that I am?' And they answered, 'John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.' Then he said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' And Peter answered, 'The Christ of God.' And he strictly ch... Read More

A delegation from Priests Against Genocide hand-delivered today a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, renewing their call for the UK Government to take further, more decisive action over Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon. The letter follows an earlier one sent on 19 August 2026, to which the group say they have not yet received a formal acknowledgement, and a copy of which they have encl... Read More

The Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has issued a powerful call for the protection of refugee and asylum-seeking children, warning that children wrongly treated as adults and placed in detention or adult accommodation represent a "shocking failure" of the asylum system. Delivering the Inaugural Jesuit Refugee Service UK Annual Lecture today, Dame Rachel challenged both p... Read More