58+ min ago  (275+ words) Andy Burnham’s work on homelessness in Greater Manchester has brought “Catholic Social Teaching into reality”, according to Methodist minister Canon Ian Rutherford. Rutherford, a city centre minister at Central Hall, Manchester, who has worked closely with Burnham on issues of…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago  (38+ words) The Wind in the Willows Further warning on vocations crisis in Ireland Bangladeshi priest cleared of rape six years after allegation Ann Widdecombe – the ‘most extraordinary conviction politician’ Catholics ‘can learn a lot’ from Anglican synodality, says archbishop...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (43+ words) Intelligence Is the Art of Remaining Faithful under Shifting Circumstances Further warning on vocations crisis in Ireland Bangladeshi priest cleared of rape six years after allegation Ann Widdecombe – the ‘most extraordinary conviction politician’ Catholics ‘can learn a lot’ from Anglican…...

20+ hour, 55+ min ago  (542+ words) The US Customs and Border Protection Building at the Department for Homeland Security, Washington DC A Catholic priest from Nigeria who was on a pastoral mission to the United States was reported to have died by suicide shortly before the…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (352+ words) Bishop Nicholas Hudson meeting members of the laity at his installation as Bishop of Plymouth in November 2025. Addressing the Catholic Union at Buckfast Abbey, Devon on Saturday, he said: “When Pope Francis began to launch his vision on synodality, I…...

2+ day, 6+ min ago  (394+ words) Announcing this year’s clerical changes, Bishop Hayes revealed that one in three of his priests is aged over 75 with some due to retire this year. Outlining Kilmore’s challenging statistics, he said that 47 per cent of the diocese’s priests are aged…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (683+ words) Catholic Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel Luc Terlinden and Anglican Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell. Archbishop Luc Terlinden of Mechelen-Brussel, Belgium, said that “Roman Catholics can learn a lot” from the “long-standing traditions of synodality” in the Anglican Church while attending the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (466+ words) Bishop Christian Würtz said his task as bishop was as ‘to be in conversation with all in order then to see what is the will of God in all that’. Daniel Karmann / DPA / Alamy Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Christian…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (269+ words) Fr John Idio OMV, above left, with embers of the Relph Funeral Directors firm. Members of the Relph Funeral Directors firm contacted the parish to offer to restore and re-install the damaged statue for free. “Thanks to their generosity, the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (401+ words) The Tablet Festival 2026 at New Hall, Cambridge Speaking at The Tablet Festival at New Hall School, Chelmsford, she said it is a sign of the Church’s health that so many Catholics are questioning this issue of the church’s teaching on…...