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While it is an obvious thing to say, every reader of Emily Bronte's 1847 novel brings their own imagination to her evocative words. And, imaginations are subjective, creating location images, creating the look and sound characters, heightening the action the more we become involved as we read. The Internet Movie Database indicates that there have been 15 versions of Wuthering Heights since 1920. H... Read More

A dinner lady who has lovingly served up one million meals over four decades at a Coventry primary school has been given an emotional retirement send off by pupils. Coventry great grandmother Sheila Rendall has retired after 39 years at Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, where she is estimated to have cooked around one million meals. Sheila joined the schoo... Read More

Recent reports* of rising homelessness among refugee households reflect what Catholic organisations, parishes, and volunteers across London are witnessing every day. Many people who have fled conflict, persecution, and danger are now being pushed into life on the streets or trapped in unsafe, insecure accommodation. This is a direct result of hostile policies including: the ban on work for people... Read More

Pax Christi will be marking Ash Wednesday tomorrow with events in Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool and London. COVENTRY The Ash Wednesday Witness for Peace will take place on the Steps of the Cathedral Ruins from 10.50am - 12pm LEEDS The Leeds group will be holding their Ash Wednesday service of repentance for the continued possession of nuclear weapons in Dortmund Square, Leeds City Centre from 12.30 -... Read More

Gospel of 17 February 2026 Mark 8:14-21 At that time: The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, 'Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.' And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, 'Why are you discussing the f... Read More

Pope Leo XIV addressed participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life, on Monday and stressed the importance of promoting health in a world consumed by conflicts. Without naming particular countries, he pointed out that today, we are faced with "wars that impact civilian structures, including hospitals, which constitute the most grave attacks that human hands can make agai... Read More

About forty people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens, on the second anniversary of the murder of Alexei Navalny - that was about twice as many as last year. Most of those gathered in the cold and rain were Russian, they laid flowers against a wall and hung up posters. Most of them had been activists in their native land, supporting Navalny and getting arrested. One ... Read More

To all of humanity, to the mothers of the world, to Doctors Without Borders, to journalists with dignity, to the governments that still believe in justice: My name is like millions of others. I don't have a well-known surname or hold an important position. I am an ordinary Cuban woman. A daughter, a sister, a patriot. And I write this with a broken heart and trembling hands, because what my people... Read More

Yesterday, Netanyahu's government backed a proposal from far-right ministers to reinstate a deeply discriminatory land registration process in the West Bank - a mechanism historically used to dispossess Palestinians of their land. Under this system, Palestinians will be forced to "prove" ownership through complex and often impossible legal hurdles, while illegal Israeli settlements continue to exp... Read More

Pope Leo - who is also the Bishop of Rome, with 336 parishes - made his first parish visit yesterday to the church of St Mary Queen of Peace in the ancient seaside of Ostia at the month of the River Tiber. Throughout Lent he will visit four more parishes. The Holy Father arrived around 3.45pm. He was greeted by a large crowd and officially welcomed by Cardinal Vicar Baldo Reina and the parish prie... Read More

National and local Catholic organisations and activists are coming together to hold an event in Anaheim to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of all individuals on California's death row before he leaves office. Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN) is joining with the Office of Restorative Justice in the Diocese of Orange, Loyola Marymount University, PaxChristi USA, Catholics Agains... Read More

Simon Bryden-Brook (1941-2026) Simon Bryden-Brook, a regular correspondent to 'The Tablet', lived and died a Catholic, and it was his faith, considered by some Catholics as too liberal and/or unorthodox, that shaped his life. After becoming a Catholic at 18, he spent his life campaigning for change in the Church in accordance with the vision of the Second Vatican Council. For 40 years he was activ... Read More

Gospel of 16 February 2026 Mark 8:11-13 At that time: The Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, 'Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.' And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side. Reflection on the public s... Read More

During his reflections on the Sunday Gospel, before praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St Peter's Square, Pope Leo said the Gospel teaches us that we must love greatly for true righteousness. "Jesus invites us to enter into the newness of the Kingdom of God," he said. Pope Leo noted that today's Gospel passage recounts when Jesus, who after proclaiming the Beatitudes, reveals the true meaning... Read More