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On Ash Wednesday - after months of trying - a group of religious and clergy were finally given a temporary injunction to visit the Broadview ICE 'processing centre' for migrants on the outskirts of Chicago. They gave Communion and distributed ashes to those inside. That evening, more than 3,500 people attended a Mass outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Chicago, presided over by Cardinal Bla... Read More

Music in Motion - a Choral Concert in aid of destitute refugees in London will take place at All Hallows Church, Savernake Road, (seven minutes walk from Gospel Oak Station) on Sunday 8 March 6.30pm This will be a wonderfully immersive, musical experience, for the audience because the singers move around the church as they present different pieces of choral music - sometimes singing on the move! P... Read More

On Saturday 14th March the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (SCND) are organising a mass demonstration to oppose British nuclear weapons at Faslane Naval Base, at a time when the world has never been closer to nuclear war. The world needs as many people as possible to join this protest! For those based in the North of Scotland, CND Northeast Scotland has organised coaches to the demonstra... Read More

At the Rite of Election ceremony at St George's Cathedral yesterday, Archbishop John Wilson welcomed over 590 adults, including catechumens (those not yet baptised) and candidates (those from other Christian traditions). This is the highest number of converts in a year since 2011. In his homily, Archbishop John said: "Somehow, through someone, perhaps through many people, maybe over many years, th... Read More

During his Angelus address on this first Sunday of Lent, today, Pope told pilgrims gathered in St Pete's Square: "Let the Lord cleanse you, purify you and transform you into a unique masterpiece." Recalling the day's Gospel reading according to St Matthew, in which Jesus enters the desert and is tempted by the devil (cf. Mt 4:1-11), after fasting for forty days, the Pope noted that physically, th... Read More

Madagascar is hit by cyclones every year, but this year Cyclone Gezani, caused particularly severe damage in the island's centre starting from the city of Tamatave. The cyclone formed in the Pacific Ocean and struck the city on 10th February with great force, heavy rainfall, and wind speeds of 240 to 245 kilometres per hour. Between 75 and 80 percent of the houses were severely damaged. Speaking d... Read More

Gospel of 22 February 2026 Matthew 4:1-11 At that time: Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.' But he answered, 'It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word t... Read More

Archbishop Richard Moth gave this homily today at the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at Westminster Cathedral. Dear Catechumens and all those responding to the Call to continuing conversion, dear brothers and sisters, Catechumens, as you prepared for this Rite of Election, you wrote your names for the list of the Elect. Today all your names are gathered in the Book of the Elect... Read More

On Saturday 21 February, Archbishop Richard Moth presided at the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at Westminster Cathedral, the first such celebration since his installation as Archbishop of Westminster. While the Rite of Election is a fixed point in the Church's liturgical calendar, it also serves as a practical barometer of ecclesial life. This year, almost 800 adults from more... Read More

Stuart McCullough writes: On Thursday 19th February we were blessed to have the Archbishop of Southwark, The Right Reverend John Wilson celebrate Mass in Corpus Christi Church across the road from where the Pro-Life vigil takes place. He offered this Mass for the 40 Days for Life campaign in Brixton, London and all the volunteers involved, a beautiful reminder that the Church is with us, praying a... Read More

First Sunday of Lent 1. Genesis In our first reading from Genesis this Sunday, we are given a poetic and artistic snapshot of the awakening conscience of humanity. The innocent status of human life exemplified in Adam and Eve, is compromised and changed by the testing choice between knowledge of good and evil, in which they choose evil but in sorrow desire forgiveness! And yet stark though the im... Read More

Gospel of 21 February 2026 Luke 5:27-32 At that time: Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, 'Follow me.' And leaving everything, he rose and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, s... Read More

The Oscar-winning Palestinian director of 'No Other Land' says his family has been attacked again by illegal Israeli settlers, leaving his brother hospitalised and four members of his family arrested by the Israeli army. Hamdan Ballal says the violence began on Sunday when Israeli settlers attacked his family's home in the village of Susya in the occupied West Bank. Ballal says the settlers' raid ... Read More

Across the Catholic Church, many parishes sense that the status quo is no longer enough - yet remain uncertain what renewal might look like in practice. This May, an International Conference on Parish Renewal in London will invite priests and parish leaders into a deeper conversation: not about copying successful models, but about rediscovering missionary principles and learning how they can take ... Read More