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![Our Lady of Walsingham Procession](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/79b0b3f8-1036-c57c-6889-c3f0f317f6ac.jpg) | Our Lady of Walsingham raised to the rank of Feast
The Vatican has granted permission for Our Lady of Walsingham to be celebrated as a new Feast in the dioceses of England, starting this year on 24 September.
Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, wrote to Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference, in response to his request last year that the Obligatory Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Walsingham be raised to the rank of Feast. |
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![Cardinal Nichols](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/0a045c13-8b88-da2e-2454-4b31a5576982.jpg) | Cardinal welcomes Instrumentum laboris for October’s Synod
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has issued a statement welcoming the Instrumentum laboris, the working document that will guide the work of the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod that will be held in Rome from 2 – 27 October. |
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![Paul Vi Audience Hall](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/619d2490-2e11-862b-9ef3-9d6e260a8351.jpg) | Working document released for second session of Synod on Synodality
The Holy See Press Office has released the Instrumentum laboris – or working document – that will guide the work of the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod that will be held in Rome from 2 – 27 October. |
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![Archbishop Mark O'Toole at Senedd](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/d3823add-cee6-2394-46f0-9d8544a4bcb5.jpg) | Archbishop calls for prayers for public servants as Welsh Parliament celebrates 25th anniversary
Archbishop Mark O’Toole, Archbishop of Cardiff and Bishop of Menevia, has thanked politicians and staff of the Senedd, past and present, for their service to the people of Wales.
Commonly known as the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people. Thursday 11 July 2024 marks 25 years of devolution. |
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![Autonomous Weapon](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/be143ba2-bfb2-6e12-901a-dea853cbe2ec.jpg) | Pope: Reconsider the development of lethal autonomous weapons
As religious leaders from across the world gathered to discuss “AI Ethics for Peace” in Hiroshima, Japan, on 9 and 10 July, Pope Francis sent a message, pointing out that discussing peace and artificial intelligence in the city that still suffers the consequences of the atomic bomb that almost destroyed it completely in August 1945, “is of great symbolic importance”. |
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![School chalk board](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/52bc0b90-90dc-4e7a-74b5-bc3231f341ee.jpg) | Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issues statement on the raids on the Sacred Family School in Gaza
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is monitoring, with grave concern, the news of the raids, apparently launched by the Israeli army against the Sacred Family School in Gaza on the morning of 7 July. Footage and media reports from the place include scenes of civilian casualties and of destruction in the compound.
While property of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Sacred Family School has, since the beginning of the war, been a place of refuge for hundreds of civilians. No religious personnel reside in the school. |
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![plane window](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/1c0fabbc-8aa1-ef15-fe3f-16792e9a60ad.jpg) | Pope’s Schedule for Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania
Four countries in less than two weeks: September will be a busy month for Pope Francis, and for the faithful of the four countries preparing to welcome him as he visits them on his 45th Apostolic Journey abroad: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore. |
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![Port chaplain](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/9e1a3bb8-8876-06ea-96ef-b500910ed12f.jpg) | Chaplain lifts lid on life as a seafarer
Ahead of Sea Sunday on 14 July, a chaplain for seafarers and fishers in the south of England has revealed the myriad of challenges that seafarers face, including threats of modern slavery, extended periods of time away from loved ones, and loneliness and isolation.
Deacon Nick O’Neill, the Senior Area Port Chaplain for the South of England and Wales for Catholic charity Stella Maris, spoke to the Bishops’ Conference about his experiences ministering to seafarers, which included seafarers trapped on a boat for over a year during COVID-19. |
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![](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/751fbcd0-be61-8f61-a657-3e1f743bf08e.jpg) | Sea Sunday
Sunday, 14 July 2024
Every year churches around the world celebrate Sea Sunday. It's a day for people to come together to pray for seafarers and fishers, and thank them for the vital role they play in all of our lives.
But they often work in difficult, hazardous conditions. The number of crews abandoned by their employers is still at a record high. Many are denied the right to leave their ships for even a short break away from the relentless noise and pressure onboard. |
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![](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/5b0fcf20-bfc0-d4df-fc45-847b16a4b622.jpg) | Pope’s Message to Grandparents and the Elderly 2024
Sunday, 28 July 2024
Pope Francis' message for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2024, Reminds us that God never abandons his children, never. He chose the theme: “Do not cast me off in my old age” (cf.Ps 71:9). |
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![Monstrance](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/afe59aa6-f093-c35b-7067-f3187e77d9f4.jpg) | Adoremus at Oscott
Saturday, 14 September 2024
St Mary’s College, Oscott, was the venue for the first Eucharistic Procession since the Reformation.
In 2024, we hold our National Eucharistic Congress in this holy place. It will be an opportunity for us to pray and walk in procession once more as we show our devotion to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Our shared witness will lead the Church in her preparations for the Jubilee Year that we will celebrate globally in 2025. |
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![Lectionary books](https://mcusercontent.com/8bfb372c271fbad8a971552fb/images/38539072-b100-8410-68e1-fef325bd5e37.jpg) | Lectionary
A new edition of the Lectionary, the book which contains the readings which are proclaimed at Mass, will come into use in England and Wales on the First Sunday of Advent 2024. |
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