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A silent procession stretching through Whitehall created a 'peaceful thunder' in central London on Saturday, 19 September, as more than 600 people joined a Quaker-led Silent Walking Vigil for Peace. Participants travelled from Quaker meetings and communities across Britain, joined by Buddhists, Mennonites and Lutherans and others for the four-hour vigil. Mike Royal, general secretary of Churches T... Read More

Michael Kelly from ACN Ireland wrote today: "A blessed Feast Day of the Korean Martyrs! ACN Ireland was privileged to welcome someone who has been described as a 'living martyr' to its offices for a few days last week. Cardinal Ernest Simoni is a 97-year-old Albanian cleric who survived nearly three decades of imprisonment, torture, and forced hard labour by the communist Hoxha regime in Albania.... Read More

Gospel of 20 September 2026 Matthew 20:1-16 At that time: Jesus told his disciples this parable, 'The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market-place, and to the... Read More

Twenty fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time We have a beautiful sandwich in our Sunday readings, the two ends are fairly easy to discover, the first is from the Prophet Isaiah who tells us that the oracle of the Lord is fairly unequivocal when it comes to the way human beings perceive the Most High, it's a useful reminder to all of us, and in particular to those of you who listen, watch or read the blogs... Read More

Rabbis for Human Rights write: Abu Ramsey and Abu Hamdan will not leave their land; they will reinforce their protection from intruders. We will stand by them as they do. Abu Ramsey called us from Jenata. He explained his situation: settlers from the nearby outpost Kochav Yehuda have become increasingly hostile to him and his family, incessantly intimidating them, breaking windows, and intruding... Read More

Archbishop John Wilson will be celebrating a special Mass on the Feast of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, (Padre Pio), next Wednesday 23 September at 7pm, St George's Cathedral, Southwark. After Mass, there will be an opportunity to venerate a relic of St Padre Pio - a piece of cloth he once used to clean the wound in his side. Confession available from 6pm, before the Mass. . LINK St George's Cathedral... Read More

Once again this November, during Remembrance Week, there will be a service at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, on Thursday November 5th 11am -1pm, to commemorate those whose lives have been shortened due to homelessness in London. The theme of this years' service is 'Remember Me'. We remember those who have died on the streets, in hostels and shelters, as well as those who managed to mov... Read More

The First Meeting of National Federation of Churches in India (NFCI) was held on September 18, 2026, at St John's National Academy of Health Sciences (SJNAHS), Bengaluru, along with the Fifth National Ecumenical Bishops' Fellowship (NEBF) Meeting. About 45 participants took part in the Meeting including the Archbishops, Bishops, Church Heads, and the delegates of various Christian Denominations. ... Read More

Gospel of 19 September 2026 Luke 8:4-15 At that time: When a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, Jesus said in a parable, 'A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some... Read More

Pope Leo XIV will visit France from September 25 to 28, 2026 - his fifth international Apostolic Journey since the beginning of his pontificate. During a press conference at the Vatican today, the Director of the Press Office, Matteo Bruni, described the Pope's Journey, which will take him to Paris, Lourdes and the northeastern city of Metz. France will be the tenth country Pope Leo has visited ... Read More

The filmmakers of Naza, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, together with their families, have been facing severe legal threats, political retaliation, and aggressive far-right harassment in Israel. This backlash erupted immediately after their documentary, which uses interviews with Israeli military insiders to expose AI-powered civilian targeting in Gaza, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Inte... Read More

In the world of social ethics and political theology it is not often that two inspiring, thoughtful and fresh new books with wide relevance come along at the same time: Clemens Sedmak's superb new work: Enacting Mercy: Pope Francis and an Ethics of Institutions (Orbis) and Chris Shanahan's Life on the Breadline: Theology, Poverty and Politics in an Age of Austerity (SCM Press) are though two such ... Read More

Young adults aged 18-34 are invited to take part in a volunteering weekend helping to prepare the winter shelter at Giuseppe Conlon House in Harringay, which provides accommodation and a welcoming community for people experiencing homelessness. Supported by Caritas Westminster, the weekend will involve painting, decorating, cleaning and other practical tasks. It's on Saturday the 10th of October a... Read More

Musicians from two Catholic schools in Wimbledon: Ursuline High School and Wimbledon College are joining together for a concert which promises to raise the roof in aid of Christians in the Holy Land. The concert, being held at Sacred Heart Church, Edge Hill, SW19 4LU, at 7.30pm on Thursday 1st October, will support Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)'s work in the Holy Land - Jerusalem, Bethlehem and ... Read More