Westminster celebrates as three more join diaconate

On Saturday 31st October Westminster Cathedral was a scene of great joy as Bishop Paul McAleenan ordained three men to the Permanent Diaconate: Andrew Safo-Poku, Jonathan Chappell and Paul O’Connor. Deacon Andrew Safo-Poku serves in the parish of the Five Precious Wounds in Stonebridge, Deacon Jonathan Chappell serves in the parish of Our Lady of... Read More

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September 23, 2020

Boris Johnson’s son baptised Catholic in Westminster Cathedral

Wilfred Johnson, the son of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has been baptised a Catholic. A statement from the Diocese of Westminster confirmed the baptism took place in London’s Westminster Cathedral. ‘We can confirm that Wilfred Johnson was baptised in Westminster Cathedral on 12th September 2020, in a private ceremony, attended by both parents and a small... Read More

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September 7, 2020

Birmingham priest arrested in Extinction Rebellion protest at Parliament

A Birmingham priest has been arrested in Westminster in a new wave of climate change protests organised by Extinction Rebellion. Fr Martin Newell was arrested on 1st September as protestors sat on a road outside Parliament on the first day of the ‘September Uprising’. The protestors, many of them young people, had vowed to occupy the... Read More

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August 9, 2020

Brazilian chaplaincy opens foodbank in Westminster

Over the past five months, parishes and schools in the Diocese of Westminster have been responding to the dramatic increase in financial hardship in their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many parishes and schools have set up projects to support those who are struggling to cover the cost of food for themselves or their families.... Read More

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June 25, 2020

Metropolitan archbishops welcome resumption of collective worship with ‘great joy’

The Metropolitan Archbishops of the Catholic Church in England have welcomed plans to resume collective worship in England next month with ‘great joy’. In a letter, addressed to the Catholic community in England, the archbishops – Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster; Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP, Archbishop of Liverpool; Archbishop Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham;... Read More

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June 17, 2020

‘Gross abuse of power’ as MPs impose ‘most barbaric abortion regime in Europe’ on Northern Ireland

Pro-life campaigners are accusing MPs who voted to impose radical new abortion regulations on Northern Ireland of “a gross abuse of power”. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) says that it will never accept the legislation and has vowed to continue its campaign to repeal the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act... Read More

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June 17, 2020

Church welcomes Government’s U-turn on summer free school meals but warns more must be done

The Diocese of Westminster has warned the Government that more must be done in order to prevent child poverty in the UK reaching record levels. The call came as Caritas Westminster, the social action agency of the diocese, welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will extend its free school meal voucher scheme to cover the... Read More

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June 17, 2020

Private prayer in reopened places of worship is ‘moment of grace’

Church buildings in England were reopened for private individual prayer earlier this week with strict rules in place. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, joined the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on Monday 15th June as the two Church leaders started the day together in prayer. They spent... Read More

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