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Reading this book was pure pleasure. I studied history at school and university and became a Roman Catholic partly as a result of it. I have never met the book's author, Fr Nicholas Schofield, a priest of Westminster Diocese, but I would love to accompany him to one of his favourite historical sites to hear him speak about it and bring it alive. This is what the book does with a selection of Fr Sc... Read More

Gospel of 14 June 2026 Matthew 9:36-10:8 At that time: When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.' And he called to him his twelve disciple... Read More

A humanitarian convoy organized by the Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, together with Caritas and other Catholic organizations, which was heading toward three Christian villages in the south of the Cedar Country, was forced to change its route "because of an exchange of fire between the parties" - the Israeli army (IDF) and Hezbollah militias. Archbishop Borgia reported the i... Read More

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The opening words of the gospel this Sunday present us the commissioning by Jesus of the twelve disciples, for what we can call their first missionary journey. At the heart of their mandate is the proclamation of the Kingdom, which remains a constant in every other missionary action from that initial trip of that first time to our mission as disciples of the Lord i... Read More

The final Mass of Pope Leo's Apostolic Journey to Spain took place with the stunning backdrop of the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and the waters of the Atlantic Ocean glistening behind him. In his homily, Pope Leo invited the faithful to contemplate the Sacred Heart of Jesus as the centre of human history - a place where the joys, hopes, sorrows, and anxieties of all resonate. "No human being i... Read More

Gospel of 13 June 2026 Luke 10:1-9 At that time: The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out ... Read More

On the final day of his Apostolic Journey to Spain, Pope Leo went to Tenerife where he met a group of migrants and refugees, church groups, charities and civil organisations working with them, in Plaza del Cristo de La Laguna. Beginning his address, Pope Leo referred to a description he had heard of La Laguna as "a city without walls." The image, he suggested, points to a deeper challenge. He exp... Read More

For the first time in generations, the threat of military conscription or mandatory national service in the UK seems very real. Conscription is already in place for nine of Europe's NATO states. Other countries, such as Germany and Italy, are considering adopting policies to boost their armed forces. The UK working group for International Conscientious Objectors' Day, ( whose members include Pax... Read More

In a statement, the World Council of Churches executive committee acknowledged the profound challenges affecting the Holy Land, where the Israeli occupation, entry restrictions, conflicts, wars and insecurity have curtailed access to Palestine. "Yet even amid these challenges, the executive committee wishes first and foremost to affirm the steadfast witness of the Palestinian Christian community, ... Read More

Archbishop Richard Moth, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has joined fellow presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of the G7 states to make a series of calls on the leaders who will gather for the 52nd G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France. The meeting will be held from 15-17 June 2026. In a joint statement titled Building Bridges for Peace, Justice... Read More

Time and Place - An invitation to a day of prayer and poetry with the Margaret Beaufort Association. When I was at school I had an English teacher who didn't just teach us to answer questions so that we could pass our exams. He taught us that books and poems have the potential to be more than words on a page and the means to an end; they can be companions on our journey through life helping us to ... Read More

The 2026 FIFA World Cup - the largest in the competition's history - kicked off yesterday, 11 June, across the United States, Mexico and Canada and will run until 19 July. But behind the headlines of which teams qualify in the knockout stages, millions of people living in 14 out of the 48 participating countries continue to face restrictions on their freedom of religion or belief, according to Mar... Read More

Gospel of 12 June 2026 Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus declared, 'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except t... Read More

On the sixth day of his Apostolic Journey to Spain on Thursday, Pope Leo visited the Canary Islands. Standing on the docks of Arguineguín, the so-called 'Port of Shame' on the southern coast of Gran Canaria that has become one of Europe's most poignant symbols of migration, Pope Leo issued an urgent appeal for compassion, responsibility and solidarity, insisting that "human dignity has no passpor... Read More