19+ hour, 54+ min ago  (294+ words) Pope Leo and President Herzog during their meeting on 4 September last year. A telephone conversation took place this morning, Good Friday 3 April, between Pope Leo XIV and the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog. According to a brief…...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago  (309+ words) The Dalai Lama - Wiki Image The Dalai Lama, highest spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, has issued a statement welcoming Pope Leo's recent appeal for peace during his Palm Sunday Mass. He says: I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace…...

18+ hour, 3+ min ago  (9+ words) South African Reflection: Fuel, Fear and Faith'Independent Catholic News...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (734+ words) Celebrating the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday evening in the Papal Basilica of St John Lateran, Pope Leo XIV told his brother priests that they are to serve the Lord by giving all of their lives to…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (229+ words) This evening, Archbishop Richard Moth celebrated the Mass of the Lord's Supper at Westminster Cathedral. In his homily, he reflected on the Passover fulfilled in Christ, the Lamb of God who delivers humanity from sin through his self-giving sacrifice. Emphasising…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (311+ words) Underground train - painting by David Lawrance An exhibition marking the work of a priest in the coal mines in the 1970s and 1980s is on display at Cusworth Hall in Doncaster. The Reverend David Lawrance, chaplain for the Industrial Mission, worked in…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (237+ words) On March 30th, 2026, the Israeli Knesset voted to expand the use of the death penalty, specifically in occupied Palestinian territories. From the perspective of Catholic social teaching, the use of the death penalty is inadmissible. It violates the dignity of the…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (501+ words) Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua On Holy Thursday most of us focus on the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper and the watching with that sacramental presence of the Lord, as our altars are stripped bare in preparation for…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (418+ words) More schools have signed up for CAFOD's Big Lent Walk this year than ever before. The wave of enthusiasm by Catholic young people comes hot on the heels of an extraordinary response to the Jubilee Year. So far over 760 schools,…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (184+ words) The Blue Marble - taken during Apollo 17 lunar mission 1972 . Image: NASA Source: Holy See Permanent Observer Mission in Geneva On the occasion of the launch of the NASA Artemis II mission on Wednesday, 1 April, 2026, the Caritas in Veritate Foundation has released…...