Christmas Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/seasons/christmas/ England and Wales Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:31:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Christmas Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/seasons/christmas/ 32 32 174395915 Pope at Urbi et Orbi: Peace is a shared responsibility https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-urbi-et-orbi-peace-is-a-shared-responsibility/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-urbi-et-orbi-peace-is-a-shared-responsibility/#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2025 13:30:34 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=113895 As war continues to scar the world, Pope Leo XIV used his Christmas Urbi et Orbi message to renew his appeal for peace, dialogue, and responsibility, turning to those regions where violence and instability continue to claim innocent lives. Prayers for peace The Pope prayed for “justice, peace, and stability for Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-urbi-et-orbi-peace-is-a-shared-responsibility/feed/ 0 113895 Cardinal’s Homily for Midnight Mass https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-midnight-mass-2025/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-midnight-mass-2025/#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:52:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=113900 Given at Westminster Cathedral for Christmas Midnight Mass, 24th December 2025. Tonight is a night of prayer and praise, shaped by one much-acclaimed event: the birth of a child.  Babies evoke in us tenderness and love – at least when they are not crying! And this is the tenor of our prayer tonight. The tenderness […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-midnight-mass-2025/feed/ 0 113900 Archbishop Wilson: Christmas means God in Christ Jesus loves you https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-wilson-christmas-2025/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-wilson-christmas-2025/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:45:34 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=113789 Archbishop John Wilson’s 2025 Christmas message In his annual Christmas message to the Archdiocese of Southwark, Archbishop John Wilson said that “each time we are asked the meaning of Christmas, our hearts should be filled with awe, joy and hope as we are drawn back to that remarkable night in Bethlehem.” This is because, on […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-wilson-christmas-2025/feed/ 0 113789 Christian leaders in Wales issue joint Christmas message https://www.cbcew.org.uk/christian-leaders-in-wales-issue-joint-christmas-message/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/christian-leaders-in-wales-issue-joint-christmas-message/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:34:29 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=113774 Christian leaders across Wales have come together to issue a joint Christmas message to the people of Wales. The Most Revd Mark O’Toole, the Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia, The Most Revd Cherry Vann, Archbishop of Wales (Church in Wales), and Rev Dyfrig Rees, President of the Free Church Council of Wales, reflect on the profound […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/christian-leaders-in-wales-issue-joint-christmas-message/feed/ 0 113774 Wave of Hope: Father James Hanvey SJ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wave-of-hope-20/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:11:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=113459 19 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Father James Hanvey SJ, Secretary for the Service of Faith of the Society of Jesus. Fr Hanvey found hope in how people gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray for Pope Francis as he was dying: “It was a grace just to be one […]

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]]> 113459 Wave of Hope: Canon William Agley https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wave-of-hope-9/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:16:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=113149 8 December This Wave of Hope Advent reflection comes from Canon William Agley, General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Canon Agley reflects on a busy year that has seen him move from the north east, where he was a parish priest in Newcastle, to London to take up his appointment […]

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]]> 113149 Pope at Christmas Urbi et Orbi: May we become pilgrims of hope, peace, and unity https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-christmas-urbi-et-orbi-may-we-become-pilgrims-of-hope-peace-and-unity/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-christmas-urbi-et-orbi-may-we-become-pilgrims-of-hope-peace-and-unity/#respond Wed, 25 Dec 2024 12:11:35 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=100208 “The mystery that never ceases to amaze and move us was renewed this night: the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, the Son of God, wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger. That is how the shepherds of Bethlehem, filled with joy, found him, as the angels sang: ‘Glory to God […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-christmas-urbi-et-orbi-may-we-become-pilgrims-of-hope-peace-and-unity/feed/ 0 100208 Visit the crib and see eternity touching our world, says Cardinal in Midnight Mass homily https://www.cbcew.org.uk/visit-the-crib-and-see-eternity-touching-our-world-says-cardinal-in-midnight-mass-homily/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/visit-the-crib-and-see-eternity-touching-our-world-says-cardinal-in-midnight-mass-homily/#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 23:55:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=100146 Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Westminster, has preached his homily at Midnight Mass drawing particular attention to the focal point of the crib at Christmas: “In the birth of Jesus, the presence in our flesh of the fullness of God, we are blessed in a way that is radical […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/visit-the-crib-and-see-eternity-touching-our-world-says-cardinal-in-midnight-mass-homily/feed/ 0 100146 Pope Francis ‘throws open’ Holy Door to inaugurate 2025 Jubilee https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-francis-throws-open-holy-door-to-inaugurate-2025-jubilee/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-francis-throws-open-holy-door-to-inaugurate-2025-jubilee/#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 23:18:21 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=100187 On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica and officially inaugurated the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. During his Christmas evening Mass, he reassured the faithful that the Christ Child of Bethlehem offers the world infinite hope and joy. With the liturgical gesture of the Door’s opening at the start of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-francis-throws-open-holy-door-to-inaugurate-2025-jubilee/feed/ 0 100187 Archbishop of Birmingham’s Christmas Message 2024 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-bernards-christmas-message-2024/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-bernards-christmas-message-2024/#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:59:46 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=100173 Archbishop Bernard Longley, the Archbishop of Birmingham, has released his Christmas Message for 2024. In a short video recorded at Archbishop’s House, he reflects on the crib at the centre of the German Christmas Market in Birmingham and how the crib was an important place of pilgrimage for the shepherds and wise men. Christmas is […]

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