May 26th, 2023 | Day For Life, Novena
Start the novena with this prayer each day, taken from St John Paul II’s concluding comments in his encyclical letter ‘The Gospel of Life’, followed by the daily quote or reflection as set out below and finish with the Glory Be Prayer O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, […]
May 26th, 2023 | Day For Life, Novena
Start the novena with this prayer each day, taken from St John Paul II’s concluding comments in his encyclical letter ‘The Gospel of Life’, followed by the daily quote or reflection as set out below and finish with the Glory Be Prayer O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, […]
May 26th, 2023 | Day For Life, Novena
Start the novena with this prayer each day, taken from St John Paul II’s concluding comments in his encyclical letter ‘The Gospel of Life’, followed by the daily quote or reflection as set out below and finish with the Glory Be Prayer O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, […]
November 30th, 2021 |
Elliot Vanstone, Mission Adviser at the Bishops’ Conference, hosts our series ‘Dies Domini – Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy’ alongside Natalie Orefice, Advisor for Parish Evangelisation for the Archdiocese of Birmingham based at the Maryvale Institute. Our first topic looks at how Sunday – the Lord’s Day – is at the heart of our Christian […]
November 30th, 2021 | Day of the Lord, Mass
To hold up the vital, indispensable and irreplaceable place of the Eucharist in our lives, we have produced a series of four discussions for Advent called ‘Dies Domini – Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy’. Elliot Vanstone, Mission Adviser at the Bishops’ Conference, hosts our series alongside Natalie Orefice, Advisor for Parish Evangelisation for the Archdiocese […]
June 4th, 2020 | Europe
“Let’s work all together for a recovery that leaves no one behind” Joint meeting of the CCEE-COMECE Presidencies The annual CCEE-COMECE Presidencies meeting was held on Wednesday, 3 June 2020 with a special focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the day-to-day life of the Church and European societies, as well as on […]
March 3rd, 2017 | End of Life
End of Life Guidance
June 14th, 2013 | Vatican
Evangelium Vitae
April 21st, 2010 | Formation, Vocation
World Day of Prayer for Priesthood and Consecrated Life
April 22nd, 2025 | Cardinal Nichols, Pope Francis
Speaking on Thought for the Day this morning on BBC Radio 4, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference expressed sadness at the death of Pope Francis and the fact that “the death of Pope Francis takes from us a voice has been heard in every corner of the world”. You can read Cardinal Nichol’s full […]
April 18th, 2025 | Good Friday, Holy Week
By Cardinal Vincent Nichols Today the churches will be full. That may not be so every Sunday, but today is different. It is one of those key days, along with Ash Wednesday, when an instinct, lodged deeply in the human soul, finds expression. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, in their different ways, bring out an […]
April 4th, 2025 | Life Issues, Marriage and Family Life
Bishop Bosco MacDonald, the Bishop Conference’s Lead Bishop for Marriage and Family Life, has offered a reflection on the recent document from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Life is Always a Good. In it, he says that the Church’s defence of life needs to move beyond being “reactive” and towards a “culture […]
