We pray for peace. #AssisiProjectPodcast #PrayForPeace #RosaryForPeace assisiproject.com/2024/01/19/a....

The choice is stark. Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills. The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables. Solar and wind prices don't fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns.

Praying for all involved in this tragedy. Mary, Solace of Migrants, pray. 🙏🏽♥️🙏🏽

OMG! - Brave bystander disarms one of the two shooters at Bondi beach. This man and the woman behind him are heroes 👏 The attack on a Jewish festival 'Chanukah by the Sea' is absolutely disgusting As democracies we stand up for the rights and safety of all people in our society

In addition to Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner also is travelling to Germany for talks involving Ukrainians and Europeans, Reuters reported.

Pope to Youth of Lebanon: “If love has a time limit, it is not truly love.  Conversely, friendship is genuine when it places ‘you’ before ‘I.’ This respectful and welcoming way of looking at others makes it possible for us to build a greater ‘we,’ open to society as a whole and to all of humanity.”

"The Church, if she wants to be Christ’s Church, must be a Church of the Beatitudes, one that makes room for the little ones and walks poor with the poor, a place where the poor have a privileged place (21)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #LiveTheGospel #RememberThePoor

"The longer I live, the more I see God at work in people who do not have the slightest interest in religion and never read the Bible and would not know what to do if they were persuaded to go inside a church." #DorothyDay

Since its founding in 1948, Israel has welcomed American Jews and encouraged their immigration. Now certain Jews supporting Palestinians, like Leila Stillman-Utterback, are deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/11/i...

With everything Sama’a is going through, this app deleted her account again and now she has this one. Please donate if you can, and share widely. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

This week’s Newsletter includes a short piece on the roll of the Subdeacon in our Parish Mass at St. Andrew’s, #Leicester LE2 7DH, as well as info about exciting forthcoming events. Jesus♥️Caritas

Tens of thousands of people evacuate to safety as typhoon approaches eastern Philippines #Philippines

Pope Leo at Canonization Mass: “The Lord listens to us, embraces us as we are, and transforms us. Those who reject God’s mercy, however, remain incapable of mercy towards their neighbor. Those who do not welcome peace as a gift will not know how to give peace.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Forthcoming online lecture by Oliver McTernan: “The Gaza War and the Dismantling of the Rule-Based International Order - The Global Consequences

'Cool blues' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Jarrom Street, #Leicester, LE2 7DH - some of what’s going on during October.

Harvest Festival Mass and celebration of Fr. Johannes’s 5th anniversary of being our Parish Priest - Sunday 28 September 1030 @ St Andrew’s Jarrom St, #Leicester. LE2 7DH (Between Royal Infirmary and DMU). All welcome to join us Jesus♥️Caritas

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...