nativity Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/nativity/ England and Wales Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:07:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png nativity Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/nativity/ 32 32 174395915 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 Wave of Hope: Bishop Jim Curry https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wave-of-hope-16/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:23:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=113366 15 December This Wave of Hope reflection for Advent comes from Bishop Jim Curry, Lead Bishop for the Holy Land for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Jesus was born into a mess, says Bishop Jim, but we should never lose hope that, in Him, the world can be different. “Jesus comes in […]

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]]> 113366 Wave of Hope: Dr Phil McCarthy https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wave-of-hope-10/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:10:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=113195 9 December This Wave of Hope Advent reflection comes from Dr Phil McCarthy, founder of the Hearts in Search of God walking pilgrimage project. “The thing that gave me most hope was the ‘Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope’… 641 miles were walked and 21,257 feet climbed over 45 days along four ‘Ways’, by 20 perpetual pilgrims […]

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]]> 113195 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 Wave of Hope – Advent Calendar Reflections https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wave-of-hope/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:40:09 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=112717 You can watch the reflections, day-by-day, using our Advent Calendar. If you want more details on the contributor or a transcript of their reflection, use the pages below the calendar. If the calendar window is red, you can click it to open and watch the reflection. × Prefer listening to podcasts? You can also listen […]

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]]> 112717 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 Cardinal’s Christmas Message 2024 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-christmas-message-2024/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinals-christmas-message-2024/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:37:50 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=100032 Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference, has sent a short message as we approach Christmas to encourage all our digital followers. The Cardinal reads a few verses of an Advent hymn that can be dated to 1854 and is sometimes called ‘Our Lady’s Expectation’, before inviting us to seek the face of Christ […]

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]]> 41623 Pope Francis’ Christmas Message 2018 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-christmas-message-2018/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-christmas-message-2018/#respond Tue, 25 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/urbi-et-orbi-2/ The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has delivered the sixth Christmas message of his pontificate, Urbi et Orbi, on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, 25 December 2018.

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-christmas-message-2018/feed/ 0 36172 Cardinal Vincent Nichols’ Christmas Message 2017 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-vincent-nichols-christmas-message-2017/ Mon, 25 Dec 2017 08:55:00 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/cardinal-vincent-nichols-christmas-message-2017/ Christmas Message

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