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Last month I went with the Surrey Bird Club to visit Elmley nature reserve. Elmley Nature Reserve, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, is a 3,300-acre privately owned estate that has been restored from intensive arable farmland into a premier wetland habitat since the 1980s. Becoming a National Nature Reserve (NNR) in 1992, it is the only family-owned and managed NNR in the UK. As we slowly drove to ... Read More

Domina Nostra Publishing announces the publication of Saints and Healers: Models of Faith in Medicine, a revised and expanded edition of the respected work by Edgar A Gamboa, MD, FACS. First published in 2008 under the title Virtuous Healers, the book returns in a timely new edition addressing the moral, spiritual, and vocational dimensions of healthcare today. Saints and Healers examines medicine... Read More

A coalition of senior Christian leaders from across Scotland has issued an open letter to all Members of the Scottish Parliament, calling on them to vote against the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill at the upcoming Stage 3 debate. In their joint letter, the leaders warn that while the intention to relieve suffering is deeply understood, legalising assisted dying would "unde... Read More

Gospel of 2 March 2026 Luke 6:36-38 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it wil... Read More

Pope Leo has issued a heartfelt plea for peace amidst escalating US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Speaking to pilgrims in St Peter's Square during the Angelus on Sunday, he expressed his deep concern over recent events and warned that continued violence risks plunging the Middle East into an "irreparable abyss." "Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats, nor with weapons, which sow de... Read More

The Guildford and District Knights of Columba have announced the winners of the 2025 Guildford & District Knights of St Columba Bible Quiz. Two pupils from Woking, Maja and Antoni, achieved the highest scores in the inaugural competition, demonstrating exceptional knowledge and a confident command of Scripture. Both received warm praise from organisers and fellow contestants for their outstand... Read More

Archbishop Hosam Naoum, Anglican Primate of the Province of Jerusalem & the Middle East wrote yesterday: Dear Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As you are all now painfully aware, in the early hours of this morning, February 28th, a coordinated and massive military assault was launched by the United States and Israel against numerous cities and installations within Iran. This operation, ... Read More

Bethlehem University writes: 'Today, as the region enters yet another moment of deep uncertainty and escalation, Bethlehem University continues its mission of educating and forming young leaders for Palestine, grounded in faith, dignity, and hope. 'Out of care for student safety, classes for our master's programs that were scheduled on campus have moved online, and Nursing practicum sessions in Je... Read More

Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace movement, condemns the horrific bombing of Iran by the US and Israel, and we urge our nation's leaders to stop the violence. As we recall the words from the daily readings of February 28, when the gospel reminds us to love our enemies (Matthew 5:43-48), our hearts break for the loss of life and the extraordinary damage being inflicted not only on the pe... Read More

Twenty years ago, a small group of determined women gathered in Dublin with a shared conviction: that human trafficking could no longer be ignored. What began as a conversation became a movement. This year, Act to Prevent Trafficking in Ireland (APT) marks two decades of awareness, advocacy, and action-yet the crime it seeks to end remains deeply embedded and largely hidden in Irish society. This ... Read More

This Lent, academics at St Mary's University, Twickenham; Bishop Grosssteste University, Lincoln and York St John University are inviting every candidate for RCIA in every Diocese in England, Wales and Scotland to complete a survey which will inform a study of who is joining the Catholic Church, where they come from and how they might best be supported. Project lead Professor Francis Davis says... Read More

Gospel of 1 March 2026 Matthew 17:1-9 At that time: Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus, 'Lord, it is good that we are here. I... Read More

Second Sunday of Lent Saint David of Wales whose feast is normally kept on March 1st shares with us a pithy saying: 'Gwnewch y pethau bychain' : in English 'Do the little things'! If we are puzzled at this phrase its only because it has a stark and direct simplicity, but also a graciousness which make important those small and considerate things we do for others. It might at first seem at odds wit... Read More

Church activities across the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia have been suspended following explosions reported in parts of Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar amid rising regional tensions. Apparent Iranian attacks have been reported in Dubai, Doha, Bahrein, Kuwait - places with US military bases, or that are allied to the US - and elsewhere. The attacks came after the US and Israel launched joint a... Read More