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Nov 6, 2024 · The Catholic Association for Racial Justice (CARJ) Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 16 November 2024 at 11am at St Thomas More Church, 9 Henry Rd, London N4 2LH. The theme is: 'Practical steps for achieving the Racial Justice Agenda'. The event is open to all members and friends of CARJ Papers for the AGM (including the Annual ...
WCC releases new document: 'Good News about HIV Treatment'
Oct 11th, 2024. Source: WCC. The World Council of Churches has newly published a discussion document: Good News about HIV Treatment, Cure, and Healing: Conversations between Faith Leaders and communities in Nigeria. Though HIV treatment is very effective and tolerable nowadays, some faith leaders, out of misinformation, continue spreading ...
Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP to become a Cardinal - ICN
Oct 6th, 2024. Fr Timothy Radcliffe ICN screenshot. Source: Vatican Media/ICN. After the Sunday Angelus today, Pope Francis announced that he will hold a Consistory for the creation of 21 new Cardinals on 8 December 2024, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The theologian, Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe is one of the cardinal-elects named.
Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint John Henry Newman | ICN
Oct 8, 2024 · Source: Christian Art. Gospel of 9 October 2024. John 15:9-17. Jesus said to his disciples: 'As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you and ...
Gospel in Art: Rejoice with me | ICN
Nov 6, 2024 · This sense of joy resonates powerfully in today's gospel. When the shepherd finds his lost sheep, he joyfully carries it home, inviting his friends and neighbours to "Rejoice with me!" Similarly, when the woman finds her lost coin, she too calls for her friends to celebrate. These figures represent Jesus, who seeks out the lost and draws them ...
World - ICN
Nov 5th, 2024. The sainthood cause of Sr Clare Crockett is to open early next year. In a ceremony in Madrid on January 12, she will be declared a 'Servant of God'. Sr Clare, a Sister of the Home of the Mother order, (SHM) died in the 2016 earthquake in Playa Prieta, Ecuador. Clare Crockett was born in Derry in Northern Ireland on 14 November 1982.
Fifteenth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle appointed - ICN
Today, Wednesday 14 June 2023, His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rt Rev Stephen Wright as the Fifteenth Bishop of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. On hearing the news of his appointment Bishop Stephen said: "My grace is enough for you" (2 Cor 12:9) were the words of Scripture that I prayed most about when I was first appointed a Bishop.
UK & Ireland - ICN
4 days ago · The Church Leaders Group (Ireland) met with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Hilary Benn, MP, yesterday, 6 November, in Assembly Buildings, Belfast, at what was the Group's first meeting with Mr Benn since he was appointed in July. In a joint statement following the meeting, the Church Leaders said: "During what was a ...
Gospel in Art: Our Lady of the Rosary - ICN
Oct 6, 2024 · Today we celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in paragraph 2682, expresses this devotion beautifully: 'Because of Mary's singular cooperation with the action of the Holy Spirit, the Church loves to pray in communion with the Virgin Mary, to magnify with her the great things the Lord has done ...
Exciting developments at Maryvale - ICN
Jun 28, 2024 · Exciting developments at Maryvale. Jun 28th, 2024. Maryvale Graduation Ceremony 2023 at St Mary's College, Oscott. Image: CBCEW. Source: CBCEW. Maryvale Institute, part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has provided undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. programmes for laity and clergy for over 30 years.