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Gospel of 10 December 2025 Matthew 11:28-30 At that time: Jesus declared, 'Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.' Reflection on the Linocut We often think that advancing age naturally brings declining e... Read More

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday morning, 9 December. The Holy See Press Office issued a statement describing the cordial meeting, saying discussions centred mainly on the war in Ukraine. During their talks, the Pope reiterated the importance of ongoing dialogue and once again stressed his "urgent hope that ongoing d... Read More

The Holy See's official Pontifical Yearbook is now available online, providing up-to-date information on the Catholic Church's institutions across the globe. The new platform offers data on the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, Dioceses, Religious Institutes, and Apostolic Nunciatures. The project was jointly developed by the Secretariat of State and the Dicastery for Communication. Archbishop Edgar... Read More

In response to increasing Catholic congregations and housing growth, one of the first episcopal acts of the new Bishop of Plymouth, the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson, was to celebrate a Mass for the Dedication of the new church and altar of St Benedict's, formerly a Methodist chapel, in Gillingham, Dorset on Tuesday 9 December. The Gillingham church project was identified against the background ... Read More

New Hall School in Chelmsford hosted an exceptional St Cecilia Concert, delighting a packed audience in its historic Chapel with an evening of musical excellence. For the first time since the School's founding in 1642, the entire programme was unified by a distinctive jazz influence, marking a significant and memorable moment in the School's cultural calendar. This annual concert honours St Cecil... Read More

One hundred of the 253 schoolchildren who were abducted in an armed raid on St Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School in the Papiri community of Agwara Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State were transported to the state capital, Minna, yesterday, 8 December, where they were officially received by Governor Mohammed Umar Bago before being handed over to government officials. Nigeria's Fed... Read More

The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) expresses concern in a statement over a recent ruling by the EU Court of Justice on the recognition of same-sex marriages across Member States. In a statement released on Tuesday, December 9, the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) expressed concern over a recent judgment issued by the Cou... Read More

Most democracies sign up to promoting religious freedom abroad. Trump wants to go in guns-blazing. Others feel uncomfortable raising the question of Christian persecution. Why should Christians get privileged attention amongst the many victims of human rights violations and discrimination? Are they disproportionately victims of violence? In Nigeria the question is particularly contentious. Its pop... Read More

Gospel of 9 December 2025 Matthew 18:12-14 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the w... Read More

Actors Ben Lamb and Alex Macqueen, the Cathedral Choir of St George's Cathedral and musicians Cattle & Cane will be performing at this year's Advent Carol Service for CAFOD at 7pm on Wednesday 10 December at St George's Cathedral, Southwark. There will be drinks and mince pies after the service. Ben Lamb Ben Lamb is an actor of stage and screen. He is a regular on the Julian Fellowes peri... Read More

Amos Trust hosted a deeply moving final staging of Alrowwad Theatre Company's latest production Anfaas (Breaths) at a packed Union Chapel, Islington, on Sunday night. The young performers from Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem played the violin, acted, danced and mimed, responding to projected scenes from the genocide in Gaza with profoundly moving ritual power and defiant joy - their signature 'be... Read More

Around 2,000 Christians representing more than 200 denominations gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India on 29 November to draw attention to increasing hostility faced by Christians and to advocate for long-delayed legal and constitutional reforms. The day-long National Christian Convention, organised by a coalition including the All Indian Catholic Union and the United Christian Forum (UC... Read More

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, today, Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus with pilgrims in St Peter's Square and invited us to believe as Mary did to welcome Christ into their lives. "The 'yes' of the Mother of the Lord is wonderful, but so also can ours be, renewed each day faithfully, with gratitude, humility and perseverance, in prayer and in concrete acts of love, from the most ext... Read More

This conference at St Mary's University, from 3 -5 December, was organised to mark the 60th anniversary of the promulgation of the last document from the Second Vatican Council, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, known as Gaudium et Spes, on 7 December 1965. The opening keynote address was given by Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ from the Margaret Beaufort Institute in Cambridge... Read More