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Gospel of 13 January 2026 Mark 1:21-28 Jesus and his disciples went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 'What have you to do with us, Jesus... Read More

At the end of a Monday morning filled with meetings at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV received Maria Corina Machado, the former member of the Venezuelan National Assembly who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2025. The meeting took place about 10 days after the US military attack on January 3 in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas during which around 80 people were killed and ... Read More

In December 2025, Bishop Paul Mason, Catholic Bishop of the Forces, travelled to Kyiv with Professor Eric Vermetten of Leiden University in the Netherlands to spend time with Ukrainian military chaplains and conduct a course on psychological and spiritual resilience. These courses are sponsored by the Apostolat Militaire International, a Vatican NGO which promotes a Christian vision of military li... Read More

What does imperialism mean? Lenin's 1917 Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism is the best known of the early twentieth century analyses. Its eerie echoes denounce "the financial strangulation of the overwhelming majority of the people of the world by a handful of 'advanced' countries". It describes how "this 'booty' is shared between two or three powerful world marauders armed to the teeth... Read More

Just after 2pm on Sunday 28th December 2025 I received a heartbreaking message: 'Yanoun is empty'. To most people Yanoun won't mean anything. It is (or was) a tiny village near Nablus on the North of the West Bank or Occupied Palestinian Territories1. In 2012 I travelled from my home in Wales to spend three months there as part of an international team of Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs: human rights... Read More

What forms a Pope? Who is Robert Francis Prevost, the until-recently relatively unknown Augustinian who now leads nearly 1.5 billion Catholics as Pope Leo XIV? A new concise biography: Leo XIV - An Augustinian Life in Context, by Brian Heffernan, an expert on Augustinian history, looks at the successive contexts in which Prevost lived and worked before his election as pope: Chicago, Peru, Rome, an... Read More

Gospel of 12 January 2026 Mark 1:14-20 After John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.' Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, 'Follow me, an... Read More

'From Strangers to Neighbours: Christian Hospitality in a Changing Asylum Landscape' is the theme of this year's Churches Together in Westminster AGM. The talk will be given by George Lapshynov. Drawing on Theos's recent report: 'From Strangers to Neighbours: The Church and the Integration of Refugees', he will be exploring how UK churches are quietly but powerfully helping asylum seekers become n... Read More

Pax Christi USA has called for the closure of the Guantánamo Bay prison since it was established decades ago. Now on the 24th anniversary of the prison's opening, we are proud to be one of 115 organizations that have signed this statement led by the Center for Victims of Torture and the Center for Constitutional Rights which reaffirms that it must be closed, without repurposing it for any future ... Read More

The full text of Pope Leo XIV's speech at the conclusion of the January 7-8 Consistory, published yesterday, insists that victims and survivors of abuse "need to be accompanied with the closeness of authentic pastors." Although it was not a specific topic of the Extraordinary Consistory, Pope stressed that "abuse itself causes a deep wound, which may last a lifetime; but often the scandal in the ... Read More

Founded just 20 years ago, the Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard is the home of a community of Bernardine Cistercian Nuns, who follow the Rule of St Benedict and are part of the Cistercian family. Situated in the hills of the south Cotswolds, in a designated area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Cotswold valleys and hills enhances the peace of the monastery which is conducive to their life o... Read More

Rev Dr Merlin Rengith Ambrose DCL writes: In an historic move that has sent ripples of joy through the subcontinent and the global Catholic community, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has officially announced that St Devasahayam has been declared the Patron Saint of the Laity in India. This confirmation, issued via a Vatican decree in July 2025 by the authority of Pope Leo XIV, ... Read More

Gospel of 11 January 2026 Matthew 3:13-17 At that time: Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptised by him. John would have prevented him, saying, 'I need to be baptised by you, and do you come to me?' But Jesus answered him, 'Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness.' Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptised, immediately he went up from t... Read More

Pope Leo received an enthusiastic welcome when he arrived in Pope Paul VI Hall for a meeting with young people of the Diocese of Rome on Saturday. In his reflection the Holy Father advised them not to be content with superficial relationships, but to seek the truth, goodness and communion that arise from encountering God and one's neighbour. Pope Leo said that shortly before the meeting he had re... Read More