Bishop Richard Moth welcomes ‘Dilexi te‘

Bishop Moth says: “As many countries continue to face acute poverty, and with a continuing cost-of-living crisis domestically, this Papal Exhortation is a timely reminder to renew our efforts to stand in solidarity, in word and deed, with the poor and marginalised.”

Please support Pact on Prisoners’ Sunday

Pact supports prisoners, their families and their children, offering them hope and the chance to turn their lives around. The charity's president, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, is encouraging people to support Pact's work this weekend.

Bishops mark Baby Loss Awareness Week 2025

Archbishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, and Bishop Bosco MacDonald, Lead Bishop for Marriage and Family Life, have released a statement to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week that runs from 9-15 October.

Cardinal joins Church leaders in calling for an end to war in Gaza

President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has joined Archbishop Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, and other church leaders in calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of all hostages and prisoners after Israel launched its major ground offensive in Gaza City. In

Wickford Parish builds new grotto to Our Lady of Good Counsel

After many months of planning and preparation, the parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Wickford has unveiled a beautiful new grotto dedicated to its patron saint. On the Feast of the Assumption the grotto was blessed and on 30 August, after evening Mass, Parish priest Fr Britto Belevendran dedicated and blessed the new

Diocese announces death of Fr Brian McWilliams RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr Brian McWilliams, who was admitted to the Whittington Hospital in Highgate yesterday where he was visited by the Vicar General, Msgr Kevin Hale.  Fr Brian died during the early hours of last night after receiving the Sacraments. Fr Brian McWilliams was born in Belfast in