In their submission Cardinal Nichols and Archbishop Welby argued that Government should promote freedom of religion and belief as a fundamental human right.
The Bishops said the document arising from the Youth Synod is "a great invitation from Pope Francis asking all of us to reflect on so many aspects of our world today, a world in which hunger, homelessness, violence, cruelty and exploitation touch and diminish the lives of so many young people".
Joe Beattie, manager at Walsingham House at Abbotswick, is preparing to stay siLent for 24 hours to raise money for young people's charity, Million Minutes. Please support Joe if you can.
Thirty five people from our Diocese, including a number from the Brentwood Catholic Youth Service, travelled earlier this year to World Youth Day in Panama and Costa Rica. Here, some young pilgrims tell their stories.
Patrick Reardon, along with three other British Royal Navy veterans, received the medal from French Ambassador in recognition of their part in helping to liberate France during the D-Day Landings.
