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The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd marks a year-long celebration of the Bicentenary of the founding of the Contemplative Sisters by Saint Mary Euphrasia in Tours, France. This celebration concludes on November 11, 2025, with a Eucharistic Celebration presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in Rome. A Legacy of Faith and Courage The origins of the Contemp... Read More

On Thursday morning at the Vatican, Pope Leo met with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, and discussed the "urgent need to provide assistance to the civilian population in Gaza". The conversation was the first encounter between the pair, who had previously spoken only over the phone. A statement from the Holy See Press Office described the meeting as "cordial", adding that among t... Read More

Relgious Sisters are helping thousands affected by terrorist attacks in Mozambique, giving them psychological aid to deal with their trauma. Sister Aparecida Queiroz of the Daughters of Jesus, (pictured left) has been in the blighted African country since 2017. Originally from Brazil, she has been to help thousands of people displaced by terrorism in the country's northern Cabo Delgado province t... Read More

A Nigerian catechist who continued his ministry despite nearly being stabbed to death at the hands of knife-wielding extremists is to receive an award for bravery. Tobias Yahaya is to receive Aid to the Church in Need's Courage to Be Christian award at a special #RedWednesday Mass at St George's Cathedral, Southwark on Wednesday, 19th November at 6pm. He said: "I'm most humbled and honoured to rec... Read More

A Ukrainian bishop says the constant noise of drones and rockets above their heads is traumatising all who hear it. Roman Catholic Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv, in the northeast of the country, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the buzz of drones is so constant that silence is what fears people the most. He said: "There are permanently drones and rockets and we hear t... Read More

The Sacred Heart Church, in Bahrain, will be officially declared a Vicarial Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Saturday, 8 November, 2025. Known as The Mother Church, the oldest Catholic Church in the Arabian Peninsula, (except Yemen), was consecrated in 1940, and has been a symbol of faith, history, devotion drawing devotees from across the Gulf. The church shall henceforth bear the name and ... Read More

Rabbis for Human Rights report: Settler violence across the West Bank continues to escalate, with Palestinian communities facing increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and safety. This year, the stakes are higher than ever. The 2024 olive harvest was among the hardest in recent memory. According to OCHA, over 1,400 settler-related attacks took place during the harvest period, causing injur... Read More

More than 30 friends and supporters of Friends of the Holy Land (FHL) gathered at Farm Street Church, London, on 16 October and a further 50 people online via livestream for an evening of reflection, dialogue, and inspiration entitled 'The Voice of Christians in the Holy Land: A Catalyst for Hope and Reconciliation.' The evening sought to illuminate the lived reality of the Christian community in ... Read More

The situation in Sudan is horrific as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) takes control of Darfur -- widespread starvation, sexual assault, and mass executions are just a few of the atrocities being reported. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect writes about El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur: "Entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed, hospitals reduced to rubble and hu... Read More

Young British Sudanese are urging Pope Leo to press the international community to take robust action to stop the killing in Sudan. At a meeting in London, Sudanese Diaspora expressed horror that the United Arab Emirates was sending UK-made weapons to Sudan. This follows reports to the UN Security Council detailing how British military equipment has reached the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) besieging... Read More

Pope Leo presided over Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed on Sunday 2 November in Rome's Verano cemetery. He underscored how the proclamation of life - eternal life, given by Christ - resounds among the headstones and tombs of the departed: God "will destroy death forever. Indeed, he has already conquered it, opening for us the way to eternal life by passing through the valley... Read More

During the Mass on the Solemnity of All Saints, also the culmination of the Jubilee of the World of Education, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. His legacy, the Pope emphasized, is to form people "so that they may shine like stars in their full dignity." Pope Leo XIV presented Saint John Henry Newman as a master of "theory and practice of education", who invi... Read More

Last week, 70 academics and practitioners from all over the world came together in Rome, to form a new global disability theology network, 'the Catholic Stream'. It aims to be the prophetic voice within the Church for differently abled people and their families. Further details about their plans will follow soon. Mark Paine a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Birmingham gave the following ad... Read More

On Saturday 1 November 2025, the Solemnity of All Saints, Pope Leo XIV will declare Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church and Co-Patron of Catholic Education, alongside Saint Thomas Aquinas. Newman is not the first Oratorian among the now 38 Doctors of the Church. Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), raised to this honour by Blessed Pius IX during Newman's lifetime in 1877, founded the Con... Read More