February 4th, 2026 | Lent
We Dare to Ask – Session Five Theme Just as our gardens need our regular care, our interior life needs on-going attention. Recollecting on ourday each evening helps us to identify those times we were not Christ-like and prompt us to ask for his mercy and forgiveness. The Sacrament of Reconciliation offers us an opportunity […]
January 28th, 2026 | Communications, Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters, Our faces and voices are unique, distinctive features of every person; they reveal a person’s own unrepeatable identity and are the defining elements of every encounter with others. The ancients understood this well. To define the human person, the ancient Greeks used the word “face” (prósōpon), because it expresses etymologically what […]
January 22nd, 2026 | Jewish Relations
When a loved one suffers from dementia, you see the person you love slowly disappear. Why? Because we are our memories. One of the greatest gifts God has given human beings is the ability to remember. When we fail to remember, we lose sight of who we are. The person we become in life is […]
December 19th, 2025 | Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV has issued his message for the 59th World Day of Peace, which will take place on 1 January 2026. Calling for an unarmed and disarming peace in today’s world, Pope Leo said: “An essential service that religions must render to a suffering humanity is to guard against the growing temptation to weaponize […]
November 25th, 2025 | Caritas, Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence, Violence against women and girls
On 25 November, we mark the Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG.) Each year, this day begins a 16-day period of global action to raise awareness and work towards ending violence against women and girls. As Catholics, we are encouraged to raise awareness of this issue, take part in events […]
October 29th, 2025 |
‘Dying to Live’ was a panel discussion that took place in the Grimshaw Room of St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, on Sunday 26 October. It examined how faith traditions approach dying, death, and bereavement and the religious and cultural practices observed in end-of-life settings. Moderated by Associate Professor Maggie Doherty, Lead at the Centre for the […]
October 7th, 2025 | Life Issues
On 5 October 2025, Archbishop John Sherrington delivered a powerful lecture on rebuilding a culture of life. The manuscript from the lecture can be read below. Full text I am very pleased to welcome you to Liverpool and hope that your stay will be a time of blessings. Storm Amy has disrupted traffic and the […]
September 24th, 2025 | Migrants and Refugees
Every year the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) is celebrated on the last Sunday of September but this year, to coincide with the Jubilee of Migrants, the day will be celebrated over the weekend of 4 and 5 October. The theme is Migrants, missionaries of hope, emphasising the resilience and faith of migrants […]
September 16th, 2025 | Shrewsbury
A young woman who gave her life in service to people in Manchester’s slums can serve as an inspiration today in upholding the value of human life and dignity in the face of euthanasia and assisted suicide, the Bishop of Shrewsbury has said. The witness of Shrewsbury-born Mother Elizabeth Prout calls us to give our […]
September 11th, 2025 | Pope Leo XIV
To mark Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has written to the Holy Father to assure him of the deepest prayers, filial devotion, and unity of the faithful in our lands. Pope Leo’s birthday falls on Sunday, 14 September, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. “The Church in England and Wales […]
August 28th, 2025 | Home Mission Sunday
In 2025, we commemorate the 1,700 Anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea which took place in 325 CE. This was a meeting of bishops from different Christian branches and one of its aims was to establish a unified Christian doctrine, which we now say every Sunday as the Nicene Creed. It is reassuring that […]
August 21st, 2025 | CBCEW, Justice and Peace, Pope Leo XIV, Prayer
Friday, 22 August Addressing the faithful gathered in the Paul VI Hall for his weekly General Audience on 20 August, Pope Leo XIV turned his thoughts once more to the world’s many conflict zones. In recalling the upcoming liturgical commemoration of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is celebrated on Friday, 22 August, […]
