And as today's gospel concludes, Jesus turns expectations upside down: "The last will be first." Those the world thinks don't belong to the heavenly banquet may well be given the place of honour.

Sister Patricia Harriss CJ was born into a strongly committed Methodist and Plymouth Brethren family but chose to be ...

On eve of the Feast of the Assumption, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and head of the Italian Bishops' ...

Parishes across Ireland are invited to unite once more in a Day of Prayer and Reflection for for the suffering people of Gaza on Sunday 24 August 2025.Archbishop Eamon Martin said: "The Catholic ...

For those of us who preach regularly, including myself, today's Gospel offers a sobering challenge. Jesus speaks of the religious leaders of His time, telling the crowd to listen to their words but ...

On Wednesday, 20 August, Israel's Higher Planning Council gave final approval for 3,753 housing units for its settlement project in the occupied West Bank, including 3,401 in the E1 neighbourhood of ...

We, the delegates of the 2025 Conference of the National Justice and Peace Network of England and Wales, gathered in Swanwick stand in solidarity with all those suffering the horrors of war in ...

On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.' Reflection on the Gold Pendant In the time of Jesus, Jewish ...

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay strongly condemned Israel's announced large-scale ...

Christ embracing Saint Bernard, by Francisco Ribalta, 1625 - 1627 © Prado Museum, Madrid. Source: Christian Art. Gospel of 20 ...

Catholic schools across London are celebrating another year of excellent exam results. The first reports we've been sent ...

Pupils at Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Coventry are celebrating record GCSE results with some travelling to school to ...