Full text: Archbishop Vincent Nichols’s homily at ordination of first...
Many ordinations have taken place in this Cathedral during the 100 years of its history. But none quite like this. Today is a unique occasion marking a new step in the life and history of the Catholic...
View ArticleDon’t underestimate the beauty of true friendship
There are many times when I think of Cardinal Basil Hume. I have done so often in recent weeks as I have pondered the need to defend the institution of marriage without losing care for those of a...
View ArticleFull text: Archbishop Nichols’s homily at Mass for Pope Francis
What great joy we all felt when, not long after 6 pm yesterday evening, the white smoke swirled into the night air, ascending high above the huge crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square. We have a new...
View Article‘Yours is a noble ideal and the Church is enriched by your presence’
Since his election to the See of Peter, Pope Francis has caught the imagination of the world. This he has done through word and deed. His call to love and respect those in our midst who are most poor...
View ArticleFilipinos offer ‘inspiring witness to the power of hope’, says archbishop
This is the full text of Archbishop Vincent Nichols’s homily at the Mass for the Victims of the Typhoon Haiyan at Westminster Cathedral this evening: My brothers and sisters, this evening we gather to...
View ArticleFamily synod: full text of Cardinal Nichols’s written intervention
This is the full text of Cardinal Vincent Nichols’s written intervention at the extraordinary synod of bishops on the pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelisation. It is dated...
View ArticleHold the Christians of Gaza in your hearts
The bedroom in which I slept as a boy was simply decorated. I can remember two statues, one of St Thomas More and one of St John Fisher. And there was a picture of the Flight of the Holy Family into...
View ArticleWhat the family synod means for us
Taking part in the synod of bishops on the family has been an exhausting and enriching experience. Now is the moment to reflect on it carefully, getting beyond the immediate reactions and dramatised...
View ArticleLet us all be beacons of light
Every Advent we are called to reflect on our lives and our faith. We prepare ourselves anew for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. More than ever, we are called to do so this Christmas as we...
View ArticleLet us all be beacons of light
Every Advent we are called to reflect on our lives and our faith. We prepare ourselves anew for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. More than ever, we are called to do so this Christmas as we...
View ArticleAn icon for the distressed
One of the most moving events of the Year of Mercy thus far was the recent Vigil for the Wiping away of Tears, a vigil of consolation. Pope Francis invited to St Peter’s all whose hearts were full of...
View ArticleThe third coming of Christ
‘The coming of our God, our thoughts must now employ.” These words set the tone for our approach to Christmas. The famous Advent sermon of St Bernard of Clairvaux helps us to grasp their full meaning....
View ArticleIt’s now or never for Iraqi Christians
In 2015 I was invited by Archbishop Bashar Warda to northern Iraq, where the Diocese of Erbil was sheltering many thousands of people who had fled from the Nineveh plains to escape ISIS. Christians...
View ArticleThis is a crucial moment for Iraqi Christians. We cannot forget them
In 2015 I was invited by Archbishop Bashar Warda to northern Iraq, where the Diocese of Erbil was sheltering many thousands of people who had fled from the Nineveh plains to escape ISIS. Christians...
View ArticleWhy every Catholic should join in with the National Eucharistic Congress
The days of the Eucharistic Congress, Adoremus, are going to be a time of special grace for the Catholic Church in England and Wales. I urge everyone to join in this great celebration of the Eucharist,...
View ArticleThis September, seek a new heart
The days of the Eucharistic Congress, Adoremus, are going to be a time of special grace for the Catholic Church in England and Wales. I urge everyone to join in this great celebration of the Eucharist,...
View ArticleWhy every Catholic should join in with the National Eucharistic Congress
The days of the Eucharistic Congress, Adoremus, are going to be a time of special grace for the Catholic Church in England and Wales. I urge everyone to join in this great celebration of the Eucharist,...
View ArticleCardinal Nichols: God gives priority to places of despair
What wonder! The God of all power and might enters our world not in a palace or as an enforcer but by the route of human weakness. This is the wonder of the birth of Christ, the invitation he offers to...
View ArticleCardinal Nichols: This is a grave situation, but we must continue to pray
You need no words from me to state the grave seriousness of the crisis of the spread of the coronavirus around the world and throughout this country. We know the steps and the sacrifices we must take...
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