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The World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly falls on Sunday 27 July 2025. The theme is "Blessed is those who have not lost hope" cf. Sir 14:2.
Throughout the year, the Catholic Church celebrates many days of prayer - some are international days founded by the Vatican, others are national days of prayer for England and Wales.
Our photographer, Marcin Mazur, has been in Rome documenting the funeral of Pope Francis and the conclave.
The Day of Prayer for the Victims and Survivors of Abuse is an important initiative that was proposed by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Pope Francis welcomed the proposal and asked that each Bishops’ Conference choose an appropriate date to mark the day.
World Mission Sunday – the one day in the year when the entire global Church comes together in support of mission – will happen on 20 October 2024.
The theme for this year's World Day of Social Communications, chosen by the late Pope Francis, is 'Share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts'.
The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time is the 'Sunday of the Word of God' - a day, instituted by Pope Francis on the Feast of Saint Jerome in 2019, devoted to the celebration and study of Sacred Scripture.
On 8 February, feast of St Bakhita, Catholics are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the crimes of modern slavery and human trafficking, and the people that work to eradicate this crime.
In 1997 St John Paul II instituted a ‘World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life’ on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
The Prime Minister has called a general election for Thursday, 4 July. In this section you will find information and guidance on key issues of importance to us, as Catholics, to help inform how we vote.
Every year churches around the world celebrate Sea Sunday. It's a day for people to come together to pray for seafarers and fishers, and thank them for the vital role they play in all of our lives.
Education Sunday is marked this year on 14 September - just after the new academic year starts. The theme for 2025 is “The Son of Man must be lifted up” taken from St John’s Gospel (John 3:13-17).
The UK's Largest Catholic Youth Conference takes place at the OVO Arena Wembley on Saturday, 15 March 2025.
WeBelieve is a Festival of Catholic Life celebrating the Jubilee Year of Hope. This July, we are gathering the whole Church to celebrate our faith in Jesus. This festival is brand new and you are invited to build it with us.
During Holy Week we follow Christ from his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem to the foot of the Cross as sorrowful bystanders to His Passion, before rolling back the stone of the empty tomb and the joy of the Resurrection.
World Youth Day (WYD), the gathering of young people from all over the world with the Pope, will take place on 1-6 August 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.
The eighth World Day of the Poor will be celebrated by the Catholic Church on Sunday 17 November, with the theme of “The prayer of the poor rises up to God” (Sir 21:5).
Raymond Friel OBE, CEO of the Caritas Social Action Network, will give the Tablet Lecture on Catholic Education in the 21st Century.
Lent is a time for turning again to the practice of our faith - in prayer, self-denial (fasting) and practical generosity (almsgiving).
On 4 March 10,000 young people will fill OVO Arena Wembley, for an inspiring day of prayer, adoration, catechesis, reflection, celebration and praise.
This summer, in July, you are invited to experience the teaching and wisdom of Edith Stein - Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - through a series of events that will be hosted at the Aylesford Carmelite Priory in Kent.
King Charles III's coronation took place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey in London. During the ceremony, the King was crowned alongside Queen Camilla.
The theme for World Youth Sunday, which we share with the Flame 2023 youth congress event, reflects a call to stand up again, together, to find fresh strength and to help others to rise up too.
Cardinal John Henry Newman will become England's first Saint who lived in the past three hundred years when he is canonised by Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday 13 October 2019.
Pope Francis is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan for an Apostolic Journey from Tuesday, 31 January to Sunday, 5 February 2023.
To hold up the vital, indispensable and irreplaceable place of the Eucharist in our lives, we have produced a series of discussions for Advent called 'Dies Domini - Keeping the Lord's Day Holy'.
Behold 2020 is the event that celebrated the Re-dedication of England as "The Dowry of Mary". We made a personal promise and a communal entrustment.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” St Francis of Assisi
Once a 13th-century monastery, now a unique Catholic retreat nestled in the hills above Rome.
Schola Gregoriana and The Association for Latin Liturgy host a residential Chant event at Douai Abbey, 2-4 May 2023
The Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was celebrated in 2022 in the Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne on 6 February 1952.
'Do Justice' is an initiative of the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) encouraging Catholics to take meaningful action in response to the urgent needs within their communities.
'There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all may believe through him.' John 1:6-7
Explore the hidden depths of the Passion narratives with renowned biblical scholar Father Henry Wansbrough
