Today the Church keeps the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham I belong to an online Walsingham Prayer Cell, daily asking her prayers for requested intentions, for the Little Sisters of Jesus who live there and for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. O Blessed Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady of Walsingham, intercede for us.

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My partner’s two aunts, retired now, came over from Malaysia decades ago and worked all their lives for the NHS. They have “indefinite leave to remain”. Having served this country for decades, would Farage et al threaten them with deportation? Yet another outrageous policy proposal from Reform.

In 1917, Britain denied Palestinian national rights, paving the way for over a century of dispossession. Recognition is long overdue - but it alone won’t end Israel’s genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, which continue unabated with the UK's complicity.

I’m Roman Catholic. Baptized as an infant. This is embarrassing.👇

Black History Month - October 2025 Resources for churches An opportunity for all Christians in Britain and Ireland to celebrate the ongoing contributions that Black people have made on these shores. Resources include sermon, reflection, prayer and more. ctbi.org.uk/resources/bl...

Sunday 21 September 2025 A Call to Prayer and Public Witness for Peace in the Holy Land CTBI is supporting member churches, Bodies in Association and partners in a call to prayer and public witness on Sunday 21 September 2025, UN World Peace Day. ctbi.org.uk/news-and-eve...

With attacks intensifying on Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV has expressed his closeness to people being displaced. He reiterated his call for a ceasefire, the release of hostages, and respect for international humanitarian law. https://cafod.org.uk/news/emergencies-news/middle-east-conflict-explained

Hildegaard of Bingen “Most glorious and holy God, whose servant Hildegard, strong in the faith, was caught up in the vision of your heavenly courts: by the breath of your Spirit open our eyes to glimpse your glory and our lips to sing your praises with all the angels” (From: @cofe CW)

But whenever we do it, it’s guaranteed that we will be told it’s “out of context”, which is supposed to somehow justify the nastinesses. 🤷🏾‍♂️

'Camellia' by Lise Cloquet (1788-1860) French botanical painter known for her artistic detail derived from close observation of the natural world. Botanical art was one way women could become involved in the sciences #WomensArt

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Pope Leo: “Tomorrow, 1 September, is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Ten years ago, in harmony with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Pope Francis established this Day for the Catholic Church. This is more important and urgent than ever,”

Newborns are being forced to share an incubator at Gaza City’s al-Helou International Hospital as rising cases of acute malnutrition overwhelm the wards. Doctors say hospitals are running out of space amid Israel's man-made famine.

If any “musical types” in #Leicester / #Leicestershire are interested, you’ll be v welcome. @frjohannes.bsky.social

To coincide with Leicester Pride this year we're debuting a new project: 'Communion: A Queer Christian Zine', created with an ethos of grassroots organising and radical sharing, with the finished product being freely available for anyone to print and distribute among their own communities.

As attacks intensify on Gaza City where famine has been confirmed, more than 500,000 people are forced to flee unimaginable danger. Families with nowhere safe to go are being starved and displaced. This is not only a humanitarian crisis. It is a test of moral integrity.

After the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemned the displacement of civilians in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of all hostages, a permanent ceasefire and respect for humanitarian law. More on our response. ⤵️ https://cafod.org.uk/give/donate-to-emergencies/gaza-crisis-appeal

This Saturday is Leicester Pride! Come and find us on the march or at our stall in Abbey Park where we will have hundreds of cupcakes and badges to give away, as well as access packs full of things like water, earplugs, and suncream, to help you have a fun and safe Pride.

"The Rule of Law in the US Just Took Its Last Breath" With the raid on Bolton's home, and the new investigations against top Democrats, we should be prepared for a new two-tiered system of laws. Rules for everyone else - but not for Trump. Another must-read for Zeteo from @kimwehle.bsky.social

“I urge you to work for a world where power is tamed by conscience, and law is at the service of human dignity. I also encourage you to reject the dangerous and self-defeating mind-set that says nothing can ever change.” #PopeLeoXIV #PoliticsOfHope

A new IPC report assesses that famine conditions have been met in Gaza City. Our partners are still working in the most challenging conditions. Recently, your support meant they were able to provide more food. More. ⤵️ https://cafod.org.uk/news/emergencies-news/gaza-update-how-you-are-helping

The world marked #WorldHumanitarianDay this week. 2025 is on course to become the deadliest year for aid workers on record. Across the wider Caritas network, we're deeply concerned by the continual erosion of humanitarian law, something that Pope Leo XIV has also denounced.

Images from a friend in the #Philippines, posted on FB, in connection with yesterday’s Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace and the UN declaration of a human-made famine in Gaza. “The hungry will be filled with good things and the rich sent away empty” - Lord hear us #Magnificat

My Manila Bulletin column this weekend: Philippine churches should choose #Filipino Read here: www.facebook.com/share/p/16vd...

On this Feast of Mary, Queen of Heaven, praying and fasting for peace, for justice, for the respect of the dignity of every man, woman and child. Jesus, mercy. Mary, pray. Jesus♥️Caritas (Pic: a Coptic icon I use in my daily devotions)

#BREAKING | Now in Jerusalem: Protest against the gen0cide in G4za. Protestors are chanting "Don’t say we didn’t know, gen0cide is happening in our name."

“We wonder whether we are useful, valuable or significant. Our tendency is to get busy, to reassure ourselves that we are “somebodies” - - - What makes us “somebodies” is not other people’s responses to us but God’s eternal love for us” Henri Nouwen: “Bread for the Journey”

“See the beauty of the daughter of Jerusalem, who ascended to heaven like the rising sun at dawn” Benedictus Antiphon for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Jesus♥️Caritas

My domestic “prayer table” - Morning Prayer, Adoration and Intercession on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Commending all for whom I have promised to pray, and all those with whom I interact on social media, to her most powerful intercession. Jesus♥️Caritas Mary, pray

Only people who are scared of the truth kill Journalists

St Theresa Benedicta of the Cross, (Edith Stein) martyred on this day, 1942, in Auschwitz. Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, beheaded on this day, 1943, in Berlin. Pray for us, that we may always stand firm against politically motivated evils Jesus♥️Caritas (Images by Ruben Ferreira)

ICHRP strongly condemns the aerial bombardment and strafing conducted by the 16th Infantry Battalion of the AFP in Brgy. Maguibuay, Tagkawayan, Quezon province in Southern Tagalog. Read:  https://ichrp.net/uwty

ICHRP strongly condemns the killing of Juan Sumilhig, a Maranao farmer and former political prisoner, by elements of the 4th Infantry Battalion of the AFP on August 1 in Sitio Salidang, Brgy. Naibuan, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Read more: https://ichrp.net/i6ew

An online fundraising event for my good friend Rommel Linatoc, who is seriously ill in #Philippines. It was as a result of his visit to Leicester in 2005, that I took part in a solidarity mission to the Philippines and developed a long standing concern for justice issues there.

🧵 South Sudan is one of the world’s poorest countries. Nearly 70% of its population requires urgent humanitarian assistance. The UK High Court ordered them to pay $657 million dollars in debt servicing to a for-profit bank. www.gtreview.com/news/africa/...

Today is the feast day of St John Mary Vianney, the Curé d’Ars, Patron Saint of Parish Priests, whose prayers I ask for day by day. An image from my Prayer Diary of the Curé and Mary, Mother of Priests. St John Marie Vianney pray, for us and for all priests.

'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #UnravellingWomensArt

Happy #YorkshireDay (August 1) to all who celebrate this County and our connections with it, from someone born and bred there! Have lived inseveral other parts of the country but always think of #Yorkshire as "home".

Last week in Gaza, a Caritas Jerusalem Medical Centre was damaged by attacks in Deir al-Balah. Our partner wanted to emphasize how aid workers are no different from the civilian population, all are struggling to eat and face huge challenges every day.

Great news: the High Court has granted permission for a full judicial review of the government's order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act. Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.

Friends who pray, please offer up prayers for this case, due to be heard tomorrow in the #Philippines - that truth and justice with prevail. Sa pagkakaisa at tagumpay ✊🏽

“Keir Starmer said, ‘well if you don’t like it, leave’… so I did. And me and Jeremy and millions of other people are going to build something new and different. And they’re rattled.” Zarah Sultana sets out her pitch for her and Jeremy Corbyn's new party. Credit: Novara Media

The NYPD officer killed by the active shooter was an immigrant from Bangladesh. He had 2 kids and a 3rd on the way. The US State Dept travel advisory for Bangladesh is level 3; “Reconsider Travel” for violence, crime and terrorism. He died here, for us, shot with a Colt M4 rifle. Think about that.