‘The meeting between Ayatollah al-Sistani with Pope Francis will add immense strength to all who wish to promote the true moderate voice of religion.’ Cardinal Nichols and Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, Islamic scholar and president of Majlis e Ulama e Shia (Europe), have written a joint statement on this historic meeting.
Caritas Brentwood appoints Development Co-ordinator
Siân Thomas, a Walsingham House alumni, has been appointed as the first Caritas Development Co-ordinator. Her role is to support existing charitable projects in parishes across the Diocese, help with training and grant applications, and inspire and assist those who want to begin projects but are not sure where to start.
Please support BCYS as it stands in solidarity with silenced young people
Million Minutes raises money to help fund youth-led social action projects across England and Wales, like ‘Your Life, More LIfe’ launched by Shanea Oldham in our diocese. Please support those young people involved in a sponsored ‘siLENT’ if you can.
CBCEW condemns ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders for people with learning disabilities
Bishop Moth said: “In a time when we are being given so much hope by the efficient roll-out of the vaccination programme, it is shocking to hear that people with learning disabilities are being made the victims of such discrimination.”
Bishop John Arnold spearheads Catholic efforts to go carbon neutral
The “Guardians of Creation” project will take an ‘integral ecology’ approach at all levels, meaning that it will not just be limited to questions of carbon, but will consider wider social and environmental sustainability objectives.
Let’s talk about organ donation and ‘Leave Them Certain’
The Bishops’ Conference has welcomed the ‘Leave Them Certain’ initiative as a step in the right direction of ensuring that families are always included in the end-of-life care and decisions of their loved ones.
Will you walk for water this Lent?
CAFOD is inviting people to ‘Walk for Water’ so that people like Abdella in Ethiopia do not have walk for 10 hours a day to find water for their families.
The Global Catholic Movement invites you to talk about “Global Healing”
Are you concerned about the environmental crisis we are facing? Join the Global Catholic Movement in a series of reflective evenings with inspiring speakers, prayer and discussion, using the film-based resource “Global Healing”.
Listen again to Austen Ivereigh on Pope Francis’ ideas for the future
For Austen Ivereigh, Pope Francis is ‘the world’s spiritual director’ encouraging us to grasp the potential of the crisis.
Cardinal prays for the dead and grieving as UK records 100,000 Covid deaths
Cardinal Nichols said “I pray for each and everyone, those who have died, those who mourn, those who serve.”