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Nigerian authorities have confirmed the mass kidnapping of nearly 200 faithful from several churches on Sunday, January 18, in Kurmin Wali, in the Local Government Area of Kajuru in the State of Kaduna. After initially denying the incident vehemently, federal police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin admitted that the initial denial by Kaduna State authorities was aimed at "avoiding unnecessary panic wh... Read More

2025 was a year of devastating climate extremes. From deadly heatwaves and record-breaking wildfires to floods, cyclones and droughts that overwhelmed communities, the impacts of climate change were impossible to ignore. Christian Aid's new report: Counting the Cost 2025, A Year of Climate Breakdown, reveals the true financial and human cost of the world's most destructive climate disasters. The t... Read More

The Partnership for a World without Nuclear Weapons released a statement in recognition of the fifth anniversary of the entryinto force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: We hope for its further expansion through additional ratifications, now that a majority of the world's countries have signed the Treaty. In July 2017, the Vatican was the first nation-state to sign and ratify th... Read More

Over thirty people gathered outside the UK Home Office in London during the lunch hour on Monday 18 January to remember the many people who have died trying to find safety in Europe, including the UK. At the centre of the circle of people was an icon of Jesus as a refugee, trying to get through a barbed wire fence. Members of different Churches and Church organisations participated, with strong re... Read More

The ecumenical, international group of bishops who have returned from their visit to the Holy Land have issue the following statement: "You are the salt of the earth; you are the light of the world" Matthew 5:13.14 Our pilgrimage was to a Land where people are suffering trauma. We began with a visit to Bedouin communities living on the margins of society in the Occupied West Bank. They shared thei... Read More

We recently carried reports about a campaign to save one of the few green spaces in Bethlehem - a football pitch next to the Separation Wall, used by young people from Aida Refugee Camp, which was threatened with demolition by Israel. A petition addressed to Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA and Aleksander Čeferin, President of UEFA, urging them intervene has attracted more than 350,000 signatu... Read More

Gospel of 22 January 2026 Mark 3:7-12 At that time: Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, f... Read More

In a world marked by divisions and by the emergence of artificial intelligence, Pope Leo XIV encouraged those who work in Catholic media to give space to the stories of people who are suffering and who are working for peace. "I encourage you to be sowers of good words, amplifiers of voices that courageously seek reconciliation by disarming hearts of hatred and fanaticism," he said, in a message re... Read More

Caritas Westminster is seeking a passionate and committed Justice and Peace Coordinator to support the Westminster Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission in promoting action and reflection on peace and social justice in light of the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on local, national, and international issues, including care for creation, ra... Read More

Yorkshire woman Mary Ward (1585-1645) is one of history's most significant yet unsung figures. A pioneer for women's equality, she founded the Congregation of Jesus and inspired an international following who are now campaigning for her sainthood. Celebrations will take place around the world over the week which marks the anniversaries of her birth (23 January 1585) and death (30 January 1645). Ma... Read More

"Today the meaning of words is ever more fluid and the concepts they represent increasingly ambiguous", Pope Leo told gathered diplomats in the Vatican on 9 January 2026…"Or rather in the contortions of semantic ambiguity, language is becoming more and more a weapon with which to deceive, strike, or offend opponents," he continued. "We need words once again to express distinct and clear realitie... Read More

Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, Archbishop for the US Military Services, USA, told the BBC on Sunday that it would be 'morally acceptable' for troops to disobey orders that go against their conscience." Speaking at a time when President Trump has repeatedly laid claims to Greenland, the Archbishop, who also served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) fro... Read More

Naomi Alderman's book has surely one of the most arresting names to appear in bookshops in the last year. However, the full title indicates why it is not just eye-catching but also has important things to teach us a quarter of the way through the twenty-first century: Don't Burn Anyone At The Stake Today (And Other Lessons From History About Living Through An Information Crisis). Her basic thesis ... Read More

Gospel of 21 January 2026 Matthew 13:44-46 At that time: Jesus said to the crowd: 'The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 'Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bou... Read More