'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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
The Marriage and Family Life Department has interviewed married and engaged couples in the diocese to mark the week which culminated in St. Valentine's Day and produced a special celebration of love with a video from children of the diocese.
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.
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.
As our Lourdes pilgrimage is cancelled, the World Day of Prayer for the Sick taking place this Thursday 11 February will be dedicated to those who would have been due to travel with HCPT and Diocesan pilgrimages this year.
