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Following the news of charges brought against Bishop David Oakley, the President and Vice President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales have issued the following statement: Yesterday's news of the charges brought against Bishop David Oakley is deeply distressing for all, both within the Catholic community and beyond. We are profoundly aware that the report of this allegation m... Read More

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, and the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, have written a pastoral letter to the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, as well as Anglicans around the global Anglican Communion. The letter as published at the end of a five-day pilgrimage in the Holy Land undertaken by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Ar... Read More

Aid to the Church in Need is launching an emergency appeal to help the Church and calling for prayers after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated Venezuela's capital yesterday. The charity stands ready to help after the quakes with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 hit an area west of Caracas at 6pm local time (11pm GMT) last night (Wednesday, 24th June). The number of deaths and injuries are currently ... Read More

More than 3,000 people from across Britain, and around the world, attended the 'International Conference Against War at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster last Saturday. High profile speakers' messages against militarism, the 'blood money' of the bloated weapons industry, aggressive extractivism and neo-colonialism chimed with Pope Leo's recent strong words denouncing 'tyrants' who spend billio... Read More

Matthew 7:21-29 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord", will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?" And then will I declare to them, "I never knew y... Read More

During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV focused on the Eucharist as he continued reflecting on Vatican II's 1963 Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, underscoring that the sacred mystery enables us 'to adopt the very way of the Lord.' "Let us draw with faith from this source of divine life and allow ourselves to be transformed by the mystery we celebrate... Read More

G7 leaders met in Évian on 15-17 June, on the French shore of Lake Geneva, a few kilometres from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ecumenical Centre. On two continents, churches were pressing the case those leaders left unfinished: how the world taxes wealth is a question of faith. From Malawian church councils demanding an end to harmful tax incentives to UK Christians challenging Ama... Read More

Staffordshire Police announced today that Bishop David Oakley has been charged with two counts of rape of a female aged under 16. In a statement Staffordshire Police said: "A man has been charged following an investigation by our Rape and Serious Sexual Offences team. "Bishop David James Oakley, 70, who is White British, of Desborough, Kettering, has been charged with two counts of rape a female... Read More

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has denied a request made by the German Bishops, asking for a layperson to preach the homily during Mass, even in exceptional cases, stating that the proclamation of the Word in the liturgical celebration is inseparable from the mission received sacramentally. In a letter dated June 17, 2026 addressed to the President of the Ger... Read More

More than 100 new Catholics and their guests were welcomed to Westminster Cathedral on Saturday for the Mass for New Catholics with Archbishop Richard. Many of them had previously come to the Cathedral for the Rite of Election in February as part of their journey to being baptised or received into the Catholic Church in their parishes this last Easter. Now they returned as full initiated Catholic... Read More

A Mass marking the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the parish of Sts Peter and Paul, Northfields, in Ealing, west London was celebrated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols on Sunday 21st June, 2026. The parish was originally based In a metal and wood hall which opened in July 1922 after two years of preparation thanks to Fr Donlevy, parish priest of Hanwell parish, and was run as a Chapel of Ease f... Read More

The School for Synodality is holding a unique online retreat day on Saturday, 27 June 2026, open to all those who wish to rediscover the joy of knowing ourselves 'beloved by God'. What would it be like to experience ourselves as Beloved of God? If you were asked what were the turning points of your life, you might say a job interview, or falling in love, But what about your baptism? In the Gosp... Read More

Gospel of 24 June 2026 Luke 1:57-66, 80 The time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. And her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, but his mother answered, 'No; he shall be called John.' And they said ... Read More

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay has expressed grave concern at plans and initiatives for the development of yet another Israeli settlement in the West Bank, in the Ush Ghurab area, next to Beit Sahour. "This development would further isolate Beit Sahour, accelerate the confiscation of Palestinian land, and threaten the future presence of one of the oldest and ... Read More