The following is the text of the Message sent by the Holy Father Leo XIV on the occasion of the Installation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, which took place on 25 March 2026 in Canterbury Cathedral: Message To The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally Archbishop of Canterbury “Grace, mercy, and peace will […]
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Archbishop Richard Moth, of Westminster
INSTALLATION OF ARCHBISHOP RICHARD MOTH Bishop Richard Moth appointed by Pope Leo IV to be the twelfth Archbishop of Westminster on 14th February 2026 at Westminster Catherdral A NEW ARCHBISHOP FOR WESTMINSTER – the Right Reverend Richard Moth Bishop Richard Moth
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175th Anniversary of Westminster Diocese
Monday, 29th September, is an important birthday. It is the birthday of our Diocese of Westminster, established on that day 175 years ago. The first Archbishop of Westminster, Nicholas Wiseman, was appointed by Pope Pius IX on 29 September 1850 and created a Cardinal the very next day. He served as our Archbishop until his […]
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Habemus Papam! – Pope Leo XIV
We have a new Pope. The College of Cardinals have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope who took the name Leo XIV. He is an American, and was born on 14 September 1955 in Chicago (Illinois, United States). He has spent much of his life as a Missionary priest working in Peru. […]
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Pope Francis RIP
It was with great sadness that the death of Pope Francis was announced on Monday morning 21st April 2025, Easter Monday, by Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. Although suffering from ill health in recent months, undergoing a prolonged stay in Hospital due to double pneumonia, it still came as a […]
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On Friday 16 May, Kim Leadbeater’s dangerous assisted suicide Bill will be coming back to Parliament for Report Stage. You still have time to make your voice heard and oppose assisted suicide becoming law in England and Wales. Ask your MP to vote no to assisted suicide Urgent: contact your MP ahead of Report Stage […]
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CARDINAL’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE – ‘he is our peace and joy’ – https://rcdow.org.uk/cardinal/addresses/cardinals-christmas-message-2024/ KING ATTENDS ADVENT SERVICE AT FARM STREET– ‘celebrating the courage and perseverance of Christians on Nineveh Plains’ https://rcdow.org.uk/news/king-attends-advent-service-at-farm-street-church/ ‘OPEN HEARTS TO JESUS, AND SHARE CHRISTMAS HOPE’ – from the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem https://www.cbcew.org.uk/latin-patriarch-hope-advent-christmas/ O ANTIHPONS – evening prayer before Christmas […]
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