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Seafarers calling at Ukrainian ports will receive specialist safety kits designed to mitigate the risks posed by missile and drone attacks under a new initiative from maritime charity Stella Maris. The crew safety kits are designed to help seafarers prepare for and respond to emergencies while operating in conflict affected regions. The initiative comes at a time of heightened geopolitical tension... Read More

Christians in the West Bank risk becoming "a memory of the past" as a result of decisions by Israeli authorities giving settlers increased rights, a priest in the Holy Land has warned. Taybeh's Roman Catholic parish priest, Father Bashar Fawadleh, told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) of "mounting pressure" on the 1,400 people living in the Christian-majority village, following measures introduced... Read More

As another 25 people were killed by airstrikes in Beirut this morning (13th March), a senior Church aid worker in the country said years of fragile peace had collapsed in an instant. Mariella Boutros, project coordinator in Lebanon for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), said the overwhelming feeling in the country is that things are "overwhelmingly bad". A fragile ceasefire between Hezbollah and Isr... Read More

Pax Christi USA and almost 40 other organizations have signed a statement expressing their opposition to new efforts to enact a federal military draft. A diverse coalition is mobilizing opposition to a recently-passed federal law that seeks to step up preparations for and readiness to activate a military draft. The new law authorizes the federal Selective Service System to begin using automated in... Read More

As we approach Holy Week our thoughts and prayers are very much on the Holy Land and particularly on the last days of Jesus, as he approached Jerusalem. In an act of deep symbolism and solidarity, a number of Catholic and Anglican Dioceses have again chosen Palestinian Olive Oil as the base for their Holy Oils. So far, these include the Catholic Dioceses of Arundel and Brighton and Birmingham, and... Read More

Gospel of 13 March 2026 Mark 12:28b-34 At that time: One of the scribes came up to Jesus and asked him, 'Which commandment is the most important of all?' Jesus answered, 'The most important is, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." The second is this:... Read More

The General Secretariat of the Synod has released the final report of Study Group 5 on Women's participation in the life and leadership of the Church. The Final Report is composed of three parts. The first offers a brief reconstruction of the history of Study Group No. 5 and its working method. The second part presents a synthesis of the themes that emerged from the synodal study. This section is ... Read More

On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, OSA, as the new Papal Almoner, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, and made him Archbishop. At the same time, the Pope named Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the previous Papal Almoner, as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź, his birthplace in Poland. Cardinal Krajewski has served as the Papal Almoner since 2013, ... Read More

Three former US Democrat presidents and the current President of Colombia were among a vast array of speakers at a marathon final public memorial service for the late Baptist minister and trailblazing politician Rev Jesse Jackson in Chicago last Friday. Rev Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, negotiated global hostage releases, and shamed c... Read More

Pat Gaffney, Vice President of Pax Christi, shares a message from a close friend who lives in Lebanon. This is the second message, received on 11 March 2026 Pat writes: my friend and her family, Palestinian British, are re-living their experiences of 2024. Good morning, Pat. We are still home in Saida. In the past two days Saida had its share of Israeli missiles from the sea though, so neither a w... Read More

Bishop Luis Quintero, interim President of the Apostleship of the Sea (Stella Maris) writes: The Apostleship of the Sea follows with deep concern the current military operations and heightened tensions in the Straits of Hormuz and their direct impact on seafarers. The men and women navigating these waters are civilian mariners. Through their daily work, they serve the common good, sustaining fami... Read More

Young people across the global ecumenical movement are sharing prayers of solidarity in response to escalating violence and suffering in the Middle East and other regions affected by conflict. Prepared by the Communications Working Group and Theology & Spiritual Life Working group of the Young People in the Ecumenical Movement, the collective prayers are offered "in humility and love," holding... Read More

'Becoming a refugee is never a choice. But how we respond is' by A (18) St David's Catholic College, Cardiff Student A says: "I'm honoured to have taken part in a competition that emphasises such an important issue. Becoming a refugee is never a choice, and in my entry I hoped to share the importance of how empathy and solidarity guide the way we respond." Becoming a refugee is never a choice. No... Read More

Gospel of 12 March 2026 Luke 11:14-23 At that time: Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the crowd marvelled. But some of them said, 'He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons', while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against it... Read More