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On Sunday 7 June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Diocese of Nottingham held a special event linked to its recently launched Called by Name campaign. The campaign encourages people to honour, by name, a young man aged 18 or over whom they believe could be a great priest. The event showed the first fruits of the campaign, after those whose names were submitted received a personal letter from Bisho... Read More

A Christian leader in Lebanon has appealed to the international community to do whatever it can to protect innocent civilians from the war devasting the country. Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Georges Iskandar of Tyre, in southern Lebanon, has released a statement calling for everyone who can intervene in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, to do so. He said: "I urgently appeal to all ecclesi... Read More

London-based charity, the Cardinal Hume Centre, has won one of five coveted awards at Homeless Link's national Excellence Awards 2026. The Cardinal Hume Centre, which supports young people, children and families to overcome poverty and avoid homelessness through a range of services, won the Excellent Support Award for its temporary accommodation outreach project. The project brought high quality p... Read More

Agap Theatre present Gaudi God's Architect, at St Mary's RC Church in Dundee tomorrow, Friday 12 June at 7.30pm. The show will be coming to the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Written and directed by Stephen Callaghan, this short (50 minute) play tells the story of the visionary behind the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona. This revised production marks the 100th anniversary of his death. Gaudi Go... Read More

In the wake of the violent attack on Stephen Ogilvie on Monday evening and the street riots and destruction of migrant homes that have taken place since, church leaders have issued statements appealing for calm. Belfast-based Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ, Bishop of Down and Connor said: 'My thoughts and prayers are firstly with Stephen Ogilvie, who sustained life-changing devastating injuries in a b... Read More

A priest whose home was hit by missiles in Lebanon has warned of a deepening crisis in the country, saying the danger increases each week. Father Youssef Semaan, parish priest of Kfour, Nabatieh District, said the conflict in Lebanon emptied his village - and is threatening decades of peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims. The Maronite priest told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) he ... Read More

Gospel of 11 June 2026 Matthew 10:7-13 At that time: Jesus instructed his Apostles: 'Proclaim as you go, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay. Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts, no bag for your journey, or two tunics or sandals or a staff, for the labourer deserves ... Read More

Pope Leo celebrated Mass in the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona this evening, on the centenary of the architect Gaudí's death. He then blessed the Tower of Jesus Christ - the tallest church the world - which was illuminated in a blaze of fireworks. Thousands of people had waited all day outside for this moment. Describing the Basilica as "a catechesis made of stone, colour, and light," the ... Read More

Israel yesterday issued an evacuation order for the entire Lebanese city of Tyre and its surrounding areas. The order includes the ancient Christian quarter. Leaders from the Maronite Catholic, Melkite Greek Catholic Church and Greek Orthodox Churches have appealed to neighbouring countries, as well as the Lebanese government, to "take immediate and serious action to spare the old quarter of Tyre ... Read More

Dr Karen Groves MBE, founder of the Queenscourt Hospice, Southport, will be giving a parish talk and retreat at St Thomas More's church, Manor House, north London on Friday and Saturday, June 19th and 20th. Friday's talk on 19th June, from 1-4pm will be about setting up a hospice, concerns about ageing, caring and being cared for. Saturday's parish retreat, from 10am to 5pm on 20 June will be on '... Read More

Charity leaders, fundraisers and advisers gathered on Tuesday 9th June at Amigo Hall, St George's Cathedral, London for the Catholics in Fundraising Conference 2026, an annual national event focused on strengthening philanthropy, stewardship and mission across the Church in Great Britain. The one-day conference brought together over 120 experts in economics, media, law and fundraising to explore t... Read More

US Catholic bishops from the dioceses of Tucson, Phoenix, Santa Fe, El Paso, among others, will be holding Border Mass 250, a binational gathering of faith, solidarity, and recognition of the contributions of immigrants in the context of the 250th anniversary of the United States at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 272 N Rodriguez St, Nogalez, Arizona, on Friday, 26 June. Border Mass 250 will foc... Read More

As anti-migrant protests continue to spread across South Africa, Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka, the Archbishop of Capetown, has issued a pastoral letter urging Christians and all people of goodwill to reject violence, uphold human dignity, and respond to the growing humanitarian crisis with compassion. The President of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) has appealed for calm, dialogue, an... Read More

Fr Bashar Fawadleh, Parish Priest of the Church of Christ the Redeemer in Taybeh - the last completely Christian town in the West Bank, writes: Yesterday evening, Tuesday at approximately 8.30pm, we were subjected to yet another attack - one that was complex, alarming, and difficult to comprehend or justify. The events began with a fire being deliberately set across a large area of Jabal Al-Masis... Read More