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Usama Nicola writes in Bethlehem Updates: Today marked the final session of the icon-writing course that began in January. While the city was busy with the noise and tension of local council elections, I stepped away into a different kind of space, one of silence, prayer, and attention. I spent five hours completing my icon, and we ended with prayers and blessings, for the icon and for each of us ... Read More

Gospel of 3 May 2026 John 14:1-12 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the... Read More

The following joint Interfaith statement on the occasion of the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was released this week. 109 organisations signed the document. We, as people of faith, join in solidarity with our voices to call upon the leaders of the world to rescue the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) from crisis and to honour its deepest commitment: ... Read More

Toine van Teeffelen writes from Bethlehem: On Sunday, Mary and I attend a memorial service, thirty days after the death of a family member. The setting is unusual: the lesser-known Armenian section of the Church of the Nativity. In a side space, wedged between the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic sections, stand two Armenian altars. One commemorates the moment when Mary dismounted from the donkey... Read More

Fifth Sunday after Easter We all need reassurance sometimes, I don't think I have ever come across anybody who doesn't. Of course this is almost an art in itself, the human demonstration of care and support from one to another, may reveal itself in a variety of ways according to the situation, but it is most often in a gentle word or simple touch, which goes a long away to alleviating our worrie... Read More

Gospel of 2 May 2026 Matthew 10:22-25a At that time: Jesus instructed his Apostles: 'You will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 'A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant abov... Read More

Bishop Jim Curry, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and lead bishop for the Holy Land, led an ecumenical service of evening prayer for peace in the Middle East on Thursday, 30 April. The service took place at Our Lady of Victories Church in Kensington, and was also attended by Mike Royal, General Secretary of Churches Together in England, and HG Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, Primate of the Armenian Apost... Read More

Catholic actor Kenneth Michaels is currently performing in a double-bill of hilarious political theatre by the award-winning Polish playwright, Slawomir Mrozek, at the Golden Goose Theatre in Camberwell, from 21 April to 9 May. Presented by DRH Arts and Orsolya Nagy, these two satirical plays: Charlie and Striptease, from the Soviet era (in English translation) are described as "absurdly relevant ... Read More

The Vatican Observatory announced that four asteroids have been named after important figures in its history - including Pope Leo XIII, who re-founded the organisation in 1891 - in a press release published on Wednesday, April 29. All four asteroids were discovered by Lithuanian astronomer Kazimieras Černis and Vatican Observatory astronomer Father Richard P Boyle, using the Observatory's Vatican... Read More

Radio Maria is recruiting hundreds of pilgrims to walk and pray the Rosary on different sections of the famous 78-mile walking route that encircles inner London on Saturday 23rd May 2026. Groups of people of all ages and backgrounds will be gathering simultaneously at 15 different sections along the Capital Ring in a bold and joyful act of public witness, creating what organisers are calling a sym... Read More

Today, millions of people continue to suffer from hunger. This threatens the dignity of the most vulnerable and questions the way we live and share our resources. In his prayer intention for this month, Pope Leo invites us to pray that no one might lack the food they need and that we might learn to live more responsibly, recognizing that the earth's resources are a gift for everyone. He also encou... Read More

A 48-year-old French nun working at the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, is recovering from her injuries after she was attacked by a man on Tuesday, near the area of King David's Tomb on Mount Zion. A video shows the man running up behind her, pushing her to the ground, walking away, then returning to kick her before a passerby intervenes. A photo released by Is... Read More

The Royal Academy of Arts current exhibition of extraordinary seventeenth century artist Michaelina Wautier is unmissable. Rediscovered thirty years ago, this is the first ever exhibition of her work in the UK. Born around 1614 in Mons, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, to an affluent French speaking Walloon Catholic family, her exact date of birth is uncertain. Her father, who died in 1617 wa... Read More

Gospel of 1 May 2026 John 14:1-6 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the ... Read More