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"I don't need international law", Trump told the world in January; his "own morality", his "own mind" was all that he needed to formulate foreign policy. Trump's mind and morality do not inspire confidence. No reasonable person in a democracy would willingly agree to tolerate or endorse lawlessness within their own nation-state, so why is lawlessness between States once more acceptable? If law... Read More

Gospel of 10 March 2026 Matthew 18:21-35 At that time: Peter came up and said to Jesus, 'Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?' Jesus said to him, 'I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. 'Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was ... Read More

A Maronite parish priest, Father Pierre Al-Rai, was killed and at least five people were injured this afternoon by an Israeli strike on the Christian-majority village of Qlayaa in southern Lebanon. Fr Pierre al-Rahi, had stayed in the village, defying an Israeli order to leave, in order to protect his parishioners. Three days ago, Father Pierre welcomed the Lebanese government's declaration that a... Read More

The Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has issued a Statement Calling the Catholic Faithful to Prayer for Peace in the Middle East. The statement affirms that we cannot remain indifferent to an armed conflict that risks escalating into a prolonged war. "Faced with rising tensions and the risk of escalating war, we invite the People of God in Canada to pray for ... Read More

The Newman Schola will be performing Allegri's haunting Miserere mei, movements from the Tenebrae by Victoria and culminating with the Fauré Requiem at Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Hampstead, London, on Saturday, 21 March from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Founded in 2021, the Newman Schola has performed in both concert and liturgical settings up and down the country, as well as releasing its first recordin... Read More

The World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Methodist Council, Mennonite World Conference, Christian Conference of Asia, and ACT Alliance join in expressing their deep concern regarding the humanitarian and social impacts of the widening conflict in the Middle East, and the threat it poses to the peace and s... Read More

A sudden escalation of conflict in Lebanon has displaced over 500,000 people in just over one week. The Good Shepherd community is actively responding to the crisis. They are ensuring the safety of our evacuated staff and sisters in Beirut while delivering urgent medical and psychosocial support to thousands of displaced individuals through the Saint-Antoine Dispensary and Good Shepherd mission. T... Read More

Gospel of 9 March 2026 Luke 4:24-30 When Jesus came to Nazareth, he said to the people in the synagogue: 'Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his home town. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to... Read More

Winners have been announced in a media competition for young people in Britain and Ireland on the subject, "Becoming a refugee is never a choice, but how we respond is." It is a quote from the United Nations Secretary General-Secretary, António Guterres, who is a Catholic. The annual competition of the Columban Missionaries attracted a record 349 entries across Britain and Ireland, the highest nu... Read More

Pastor Munther Isaac, from Bethlehem said that every human life is precious and urged peace and an end to suffering in an on-line briefing about the US-Israeli war with Iran and across the Middle East on Friday 6 March. Rev Isaac who leads the Lutheran churches in Bethlehem and Beit Sahour, is well known for his 'Christ in the rubble' denunciation of the genocide in Gaza during Christmas 2023. Two... Read More

Pat Gaffney, Vice President of Pax Christi, shares a message from a close friend in Lebanon. "Was it only two years ago that I began receiving messages from a dear friend who lives in Lebanon - trapped in her home in Saida - among others who had become victims of Israel's war on Gaza? As news unfolded this week my fears were confirmed. Lebanon is under attack again. My friend and her family, P... Read More

Climate activist Tim Hewes, a retired dentist and Anglican priest in his seventies, was accused of conspiring to bring the M25 motorway to a standstill in a protest against climate change. On a quiet Sunday afternoon, his home in rural Oxfordshire was raided by eight officers from the Metropolitan Police. Tim was handcuffed and taken to court, then imprisoned on remand for six weeks. Finding Beaut... Read More

As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes from popular action movies spliced with actual strike footage from their war on Iran. The clip was captioned: "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY." A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like... Read More

Gospel of 8 March 2026 John 4:5-42 At that time: Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, 'Give me a drink.' (For his disciples had gone away into the... Read More