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Catholics in Fundraising (CiF) has expressed concern following the Chancellor's 2026 Spring Statement, warning that the economic outlook risks placing further strain on churches, charities and the communities they serve. With UK growth forecast at just one per cent, CiF notes that this already lacklustre outlook does not fully reflect the scale of current global shocks, including the impact of the... Read More

Community Peacemaker Teams say in a statement today: On Saturday morning, the two governments launched Operation Epic Fury, attacking Tehran and multiple Iranian cities. Israel described the attack as "pre-emptive", yet the opening strikes reportedly killed over one hundred children at a school, and took place as negotiations between Iran and the USA were making substantial progress. According to... Read More

Quakers in Britain have called on the UK government to focus on building a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East. The call comes after the news that British military bases will be used to bomb Iran as part of 'defensive' operations to attack missile facilities. Quakers warn that military action will not make Britain or its allies safer. It will escalate the conflict, deepen regional instab... Read More

Christian Aid has appealed for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East to protect civilian life, and called for international humanitarian law to be upheld across the region. Thousands have been displaced in Lebanon. Israel has closed the borders to Gaza preventing food, medicines and aid workers from entering, and desperately ill patients from leaving. Illegal settlers are terrorising community... Read More

Nearly 30,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon as air strikes hit the country's capital. A wave of overnight missiles hit Beirut last night, shattering the fragile ceasefire with Israel that had held in recent months. According to local staff of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in Lebanon, more than ten airstrikes struck the city's southern suburbs at around 2.30am local time, forcing thousa... Read More

Two Year 12 students from Coventry - Ellie Wood and Mahmoud Jalloh - made an extraordinary journey from the West Midlands to the heart of British democracy on 24 February. They travelled by train to London to speak inside the Houses of Parliament at the national 'Show the Love' climate event, organised by The Climate Coalition. Invited by the Columban Missionaries based in Solihull, long-standing ... Read More

As we pass the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Olga Braga's award-winning wartime domestic tragedy Donbas provides a fascinating and searing response. As you enter the diminutive Theatre 503 above the Latchmere Pub, you are confronted by a claustrophobic scene. Two pro-Russian snipers are hunkered down in a tumbledown dwelling. One, Dmitry (Philippe Spall) is a surly veteran of the Sovi... Read More

Gospel of 3 March 2026 Matthew 23:1-12 At that time: Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 'The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practise. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finge... Read More

An interreligious meeting in Lahore brought Christians and Muslims together during their seasons of Lent and Ramadan to pray for an end to the border violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan and renew their shared commitment to peace. As ongoing conflict and violence mark daily life at the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the gathering at the 'Peace Centre' in Lahore, brought together ... Read More

Said Zarzar from the Holy Land Trust writes from Bethlehem: My dear brothers and sisters, Today we write to you with trembling hearts. The war between Israel and Iran has erupted again, and we are sitting in our homes listening to the violent, deafening bombardments. The walls shake. The sky flashes. Every sound makes our hearts race. The children are afraid again. They ask questions we do not kno... Read More

Ecumenical Accompaniers spend three months in Palestine and Israel witnessing and monitoring human rights violations and standing in solidarity with local peace activists. When they come home they give talks in their local communities and advocate for an end to the military occupation of Palestine. Think this could be you? There are two weeks left to apply to be part of our next cohort of human ... Read More

Ten Ten Resources has announced that, with effect from 27 March 2026, it will transition to an employee-owned company, placing ownership in trust for the people who create and deliver its Catholic educational programmes each day. Founded in 2007 by siblings Clare and Martin O'Brien, Ten Ten began as a theatre-in-education initiative and has grown into one of the leading providers of curriculum pr... Read More

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