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If we are heading towards a global war, it’s time for our faith leaders to take a stand for peace
A couple of years ago if you had the temerity to suggest that Donald Trump might once again become the
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Bishop Marcus Stock of Leeds Visits Pact’s Work in New Hall Women’s Prison
Pact was delighted to welcome Bishop Marcus Stock on a visit to the women’s prison HMP New Hall, on a
Read morePort Talbot redundancies show profit is still taking precedence over the common good
The announcement this morning that 2,800 jobs are to go at Port Talbot’s Tata Steel plant has such a familiar
Read moreLust, pornography poison God’s gifts of sexuality, love, pope says
Pornography and lust undermine and rob people from experiencing God’s gift of love, Pope Francis said. “Sexual pleasure, which is
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Join the Carmelite Reading Circle, make new friends and deepen your faith
If you’ve read a spiritually inspiring book recently, you’ve probably wished you could share its insights – and the joy
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Pope to Catholic universities: Continue to nurture wisdom and humanity
Celebrating one hundred years of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), Pope Francis this week welcomed its delegation in
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Remarkable legacy of John Bradburne recalled this World Leprosy Sunday
Sunday 28th January 2024 marks World Leprosy Day. The John Bradburne Memorial Society endeavours to continue and uphold the legacy
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After US and UK attacks on Yemen, are we on the verge of walking into yet another war?
It seems a dreadful irony that instead of writing about this coming weekend’s Peace Sunday, we’re all having to reflect
Read moreWar and violence against the innocent must end, says Cardinal after 100 days of war in Gaza
His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, has stressed that our prayers must continue after more than 100 days
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Families in Gaza displaced multiple times and there are no safe places, says CAFOD
Monday 15th January marks 100 days since the 7th October attack on Israel and Israel’s response with intensive bombardment of
Read moreImperial College pays tribute to Polish doctor’s ‘enormous contribution’ to medical research
Dr Richard Szydlo, a senior biostatistician within the Centre for Haematology at Imperial College London, was a life-long resident of
Read moreProducer of landmines becomes leading deminer, says “war is madness”
L’Osservatore Romano this week featured an interview with an Italian engineer who used to produce landmines but after a conversion
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Archbishop of Southwark invites Catholics to ‘give prayer a go’
The Archdiocese of Southwark has launched a new campaign to encourage people to Give Prayer A Go and welcome Christ
Read moreSt Winefride’s Shrine features on cover of 2024 Official Catholic Directory
Featuring the Shrine of St Winefride at Holywell in north Wales on its cover, the 2024 Official Catholic Directory of
Read moreGripping Post office drama has exposed deep flaws in our British justice system
Just a few hundred yards from our offices in Llandudno is a quiet side street that has become the unlikely
Read moreCardinal’s homily for Christmas Midnight Mass 2023, given at Westminster Cathedral
On this night we mark the most celebrated birth in all history: the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. Bethlehem, the
Read moreJesus brings light “into the darkness of the world,” says Cardinal in 2023 Christmas meditation
Given at the Christmas Celebration in Westminster Cathedral on 19th December 2023 We have gathered this evening just for one
Read moreVital we love and serve each other, says Bishop at Christmas party for London’s east end homeless
Bishop Alan Williams, the Bishop of Brentwood, has visited a Franciscan friary in his diocese to share a meal and
Read moreEuthanasia contradicts Christmas, says Bishop of Shrewsbury
The Bishop of Shrewsbury in his Christmas homily will warn against renewed attempts to change the law to allow doctors
Read moreSisters of Mercy step in to house Sunderland Catholic pupils who had to abandon Raac-hit school
Dozens of schools faced huge disruption at the end of the summer holidays when Raac – a potentially unsafe, crumbling
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