Homily Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/homily/ England and Wales Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:23:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Homily Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/homily/ 32 32 174395915 Cardinal’s homily for the service of thanksgiving for the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-the-service-of-thanksgiving-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-the-service-of-thanksgiving-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations/#respond Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:07:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=114287 Given on 17 January 2026 at Methodist Central Hall for a Service of Thanksgiving on the 80th Anniversary of the Inaugural Meeting of the United Nations. Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,  dear friends, It is a great privilege to stand before you today in this Hall, where exactly eighty years […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-the-service-of-thanksgiving-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations/feed/ 0 114287 Westminster Requiem Mass for His Holiness Pope Francis https://www.cbcew.org.uk/requiem-mass-for-his-holiness-pope-francis/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/requiem-mass-for-his-holiness-pope-francis/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=103796 Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Bishops’ Conference, presided at a Requiem Mass for His Holiness Pope Francis today, Monday 21 April, at 5:30pm in Westminster Cathedral. In his homily, Cardinal Nichols said that Pope Francis’ pontificate was defined by mercy and hope and that the Pope was constantly expressing the […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/requiem-mass-for-his-holiness-pope-francis/feed/ 0 103796 Cardinal Nichols celebrates 11 years of Pope Francis’ papacy https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-11-years-of-pope-francis-papacy/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-11-years-of-pope-francis-papacy/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:42:07 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=89834 On the fifth Sunday of Lent (17th March), Cardinal Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW), gave a homily in which he praised Pope Francis because he “has never tired of telling us of the mercy of God for all”. Speaking at Westminster Cathedral, where the Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-nichols-11-years-of-pope-francis-papacy/feed/ 0 89834 Cardinal: We thank God that our celebration of Holy Week is not a repeat of last year’s https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-we-thank-god-that-our-celebration-of-holy-week-is-not-a-repeat-of-last-years/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-we-thank-god-that-our-celebration-of-holy-week-is-not-a-repeat-of-last-years/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:32:30 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=54648 Chrism Mass 2021Westminster Cathedral Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has celebrated the Mass of Chrism in Westminster Cathedral with the faithful present in the pews – albeit socially-distanced. This is a contrasting scene to the empty churches of Holy Week 2020. Homily The words and actions of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-we-thank-god-that-our-celebration-of-holy-week-is-not-a-repeat-of-last-years/feed/ 0 54648 Cardinal’s Palm Sunday Homily 2021 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-palm-sunday-homily-2021/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-palm-sunday-homily-2021/#respond Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=54609 In his Palm Sunday homily, given in Westminster Cathedral on Sunday, 28 March, President of the Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, calls on us to fix our heart on Jesus and recognise in him our own humanity. Full Text Today we start our journey of Holy Week. I hope you will join me every step of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-palm-sunday-homily-2021/feed/ 0 54609 Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St Oscar Romero https://www.cbcew.org.uk/homily-41st-anniversary-of-the-martyrdom-of-st-oscar-romero/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/homily-41st-anniversary-of-the-martyrdom-of-st-oscar-romero/#respond Sat, 27 Mar 2021 15:34:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=54626 Archbishop John Wilson, Archbishop of Southwark, gave this homily at a Mass marking the 41st Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St Oscar Romero. Full Text Dear Friends Back in February 2011, I was privileged to visit two priests from the Diocese of Leeds working in Peru. One served a parish in Carabayllo, on the far […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/homily-41st-anniversary-of-the-martyrdom-of-st-oscar-romero/feed/ 0 54626 Bishop invites all to be “super-spreaders of the Gospel” and not of the virus. https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-invites-all-to-be-super-spreaders-of-the-gospel-and-not-of-the-virus/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-invites-all-to-be-super-spreaders-of-the-gospel-and-not-of-the-virus/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=53245 The Bishop of Plymouth, Bishop Mark O’Toole, in a Homily at Plymouth Cathedral on Sunday, 14 February, invited all to be ‘super-spreaders of the Gospel’, not of the virus. Reflecting on his experience of having just received the vaccine, Bishop Mark indicated that he had been invited to receive it by Devon County Council. They […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-invites-all-to-be-super-spreaders-of-the-gospel-and-not-of-the-virus/feed/ 0 53245 Cardinal’s Homily for the Feast of Corpus Christi https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-corpus-christi/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-corpus-christi/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:40:32 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=47346 Given at the Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, 14 June 2020, in Westminster Cathedral and broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Worship programme. Homily These last three months have been a very testing time. Whatever words we use: ‘lock down’, ‘social distancing’, ‘self-isolation’, they all point to pressure on our relationships. This is a time […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-homily-for-corpus-christi/feed/ 0 47346 Homily for the Funeral of Archbishop Peter Smith St George’s Cathedral https://www.cbcew.org.uk/funeral-homily-for-archbishop-peter-smith/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/funeral-homily-for-archbishop-peter-smith/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:59:55 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=44438 The Most Revd John Wilson, Archbishop of Southwark, has preached the homily at the Funeral of Archbishop Peter Smith in Southwark Cathedral, 30 March 2020. I imagine that Archbishop Peter has a wry smile on his face concerning the funeral liturgy we are celebrating for him today. With straightforward faith, and seasoned humanity, he never […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/funeral-homily-for-archbishop-peter-smith/feed/ 0 44438 Society is full of generosity and compassion, says Cardinal https://www.cbcew.org.uk/society-is-full-of-generosity-and-compassion-says-cardinal/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 23:50:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/society-is-full-of-generosity-and-compassion-says-cardinal/ Cardinal: Midnight Mass

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