Justice, Peace & Environment

Anita Tozzi, Justice & Peace Coordinator for the Diocese of Westminster writes: St Mary's University Twickenham recently hosted an online screening of the National Emergency Briefing which you can see here: https://www.nebriefing.org/ This impactful 50-minute film outlines the urgency of the climate crisis and how it affects us all in the UK. Chris Packham speaks about how climate and nature a... Read More

On 24 September 2026, in New York, during the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, delivered a statement at the High-Level Meeting to Address the Existential Threats Posed by Sea-level Rise. Cardinal Parolin stressed that sea-level rise threatens homes, livelihoods, food and water secur... Read More

A delegation from Priests Against Genocide hand-delivered today a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, renewing their call for the UK Government to take further, more decisive action over Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon. The letter follows an earlier one sent on 19 August 2026, to which the group say they have not yet received a formal acknowledgement, and a copy of which they have encl... Read More

The Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has issued a powerful call for the protection of refugee and asylum-seeking children, warning that children wrongly treated as adults and placed in detention or adult accommodation represent a "shocking failure" of the asylum system. Delivering the Inaugural Jesuit Refugee Service UK Annual Lecture today, Dame Rachel challenged both p... Read More

A new report from Operation Noah - 'Investing with Purpose' - is offering practical pathways for Church investment in climate solutions. Globally, Christian groups manage hundreds of billions of pounds, with the Church Investors Group's 67 members, largely based in Britain and Ireland, managing combined investment assets of over £26bn. But despite the opportunity to align their finances with thei... Read More

Prayers were offered for the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel during a special service in the Ecumenical Centre for World Council of Churches (WCC) staff, partners, and visitors on 22 September. The prayers were led by Yusef Daher, coordinator of the WCC Jerusalem Liaison Office, and others from the office. The theme of the special week is "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lor... Read More

Charities and churches are inviting people to join them for a Walk of Witness in Liverpool on Sunday, 27 September, as the Labour Party Conference opens. Organised by the Just Peace Coalition, a growing, UK-wide ecumenical movement, united in the belief that a just peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory is possible, the initiative is mobilising church communities to amplify the vo... Read More

Pax Christi will be holding a vigil in Liverpool this Thursday, 24 September for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian paediatrician from Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip who has been detained and held hostage in an Israeli detention facility since December 2024. During that time he has endured beatings and torture, which is routine in Israeli detention. Dr Safiya has also been denied medical ... Read More

London Churches Refugee Fund (LCRF) hosted an information event at the historic Wesley's Chapel in London on Thursday, 17th September. LCRF exists to support projects working directly with destitute asylum seekers in the capital. The keynote speaker was Brother Johannes Maertens, a monk of the Community of the Good Shepherd and a long-standing member of the Catholic Worker community. For more than... Read More

As Fairtrade Fortnight (21 September - 4 October 2026) begins, the ecumenical charity Christian Concern for One World (CCOW) has issued some resources for churches and Christian communities. These include: A church action guide An interactive chocolate prayer, which enables prayer for both local and global farmers and Preaching notes tied into the lectionary readings, as well as a wide variety of... Read More

New research shows rising public concern about the impact of climate change on food supplies, as the people growing tea, coffee, cocoa and bananas for the UK say they need urgent fair pay to withstand unprecedented climate challenges and protect crops A new study released for the start of Fairtrade Fortnight (21 September - 4 October 2026) reveals this summer's record heatwaves and droughts across... Read More

Catholic charities have handed in a petition from parishes and individuals across the UK, calling on Andy Burnham to defend the right to asylum and uphold the dignity of people seeking refuge, ahead of the Catholic Church's World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The petition, organised by the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), St Vincent de Paul Society and Jesuit Refugee Service UK calls on the g... Read More

A silent procession stretching through Whitehall created a 'peaceful thunder' in central London on Saturday, 19 September, as more than 600 people joined a Quaker-led Silent Walking Vigil for Peace. Participants travelled from Quaker meetings and communities across Britain, joined by Buddhists, Mennonites and Lutherans and others for the four-hour vigil. Mike Royal, general secretary of Churches T... Read More

Once again this November, during Remembrance Week, there will be a service at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, on Thursday November 5th 11am -1pm, to commemorate those whose lives have been shortened due to homelessness in London. The theme of this years' service is 'Remember Me'. We remember those who have died on the streets, in hostels and shelters, as well as those who managed to mov... Read More