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The All Saints Catholic Academy Trust has announced the completion of the rebuilding of St John's Catholic Primary School in Rickmansworth, the first school in the country to be fully rebuilt following the discovery of RAAC within the School Rebuilding Programme. The project was delivered by Tilbury Douglas, appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) as client. RAAC, (Reinforced Autoclaved Ae... Read More

The Christian-majority quarter of Erbil, Iraq, was struck in a drone attack last night (Wednesday, 4 March) - but "miraculously" there are no reports of injuries. A block of flats in Erbil's Ankawa district owned by the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil and the nearby convent of the Chaldean Daughters of Mary Immaculate were damaged in the attack at 8pm. The Blessed Michael McGivney Apartment Complex ... Read More

Sisters and lay representatives of sisters' congregations, as well as leaders of Catholic peace organizations, are condemning in the strongest possible terms the US and Israeli war against Iran, calling it "illegal, immoral and potentially destabilizing." "I condemn what the United States has done," Sr Barbara Bozak, who represents the Congregations of St Joseph at the United Nations, said to Glo... Read More

This week, Pray As You Go, the free prayer app from the Jesuits in Britain, celebrates 20 years of helping Catholics and seekers alike find space for daily prayer and reflection. What began in March 2006 as a Lenten experiment by Fr Peter Scally SJ, a British Jesuit priest who recorded short podcasts for commuters using Ignatian prayer, has grown into a global ministry. Today, Pray As You Go serve... Read More

Gospel of 5 March 2026 Luke 16:19-31 At that time: Jesus said to the Pharisees, 'There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carrie... Read More

"Pray for peace, work for peace, less hatred. Hatred in the world is constantly increasing." This was the appeal Pope Leo XIV shared with a group of journalists outside Villa Barberini, the residence in Castel Gandolfo, where he was spending his weekly day off yesterday. As attacks increase in the Middle East and fear and tensions grow around the world, the Pope urged pursuing the goal of peace. ... Read More

COMECE President Mgr Crociata expresses concern over Middle East escalation and calls on the EU to relaunch diplomacy In a short statement released on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, the President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), HE Mgr Mariano Crociata, expresses deep concern over the recent escalation of violence in Iran and across the Middle East, and calls... Read More

Christian Aid's partners report food shortages in Gaza, overflowing shelters in Lebanon and relief operations at risk in Israel International development and humanitarian charity Christian Aid has been told by its Middle East partners of the challenges they are facing as attacks continue across the region. The agency is calling on the UK Government to work urgently to press for an immediate ceas... Read More

Since Israel's latest onslaught on the country, most of the villages in Southern Lebanon have been displaced. People are fleeing en masse and overwhelming the streets of Beirut. But residents of one ancient Christian village in southern Lebanon are refusing to leave. The caption posted with this video link which is being shared widely says: "The residents of the southern town of Alma al-Shaab gath... Read More

On the second day of their Spring General Meeting, the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference in Maynooth, published the following statement calling for peace in the Middle East: Yet again, the people of the Middle East are experiencing an unjust war with the loss of innocent lives. War is utterly destructive. In an era of change and readjustment of geopolitical balances and cultural paradigms, wa... Read More

Eighty years after the Korean peninsula was divided by war, an exhibition of drawings by children on both sides of the divide is on show in Quaker central offices, London. Born out of more than two decades of exchange between North and South Korean children, the Drawing Hope art exhibit will be on display in Friends House, London, (opposite Euston Station) until 3 April 2026. The exhibit, open d... Read More

Serious concerns about the future of religious broadcasting at the BBC were raised at an online briefing attended by stakeholders yesterday. The broadcaster Roger Bolton lamented the BBC's failure to champion religious, and indeed public service, broadcasting and explain why it was so crucial. He described a 'catastrophe' that had taken place over the past 15 years. He acknowledged a cut in the li... Read More

A recently-discovered asteroid (635483) has been named after St Casimir, Lithuania's patron saint, whose feast is celebrated today. The asteroid was discovered by Dr Kazimieras Černis of Vilnius University, together with Latvian astronomer Dr Ilgmārs Eglītis in 2013 at the Baldone Astronomical Observatory in Latvia. Dr Černis said: "We discovered the asteroid in 2013 at the Baldone Astronomica... Read More

Gospel of 4 March 2026 Matthew 20:17-28 At that time: As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 'See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be rai... Read More