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Bethlehem eyewitness: Sad to feel happy (added 22/09/2021)

Global Citizens’ Assembly (added 21/09/2021)

Campaigners disappointed at 'divisive' BMA vote on euthanasia (added 16/09/2021)

Passionist Partners Gathering 2021 (added 17/09/2021)

Educational Materials for COP26 (added 14/09/2021)

Birmingham: Festival of Scripture, Art and Flowers (added 15/09/2021)

Liverpool: Archbishop and Mayor join students in mass climate stunts (added 15/09/2021)

Young volunteers Step into the Gap to fight climate change (added 14/09/2021)

CTA conference 2021: 'Eco-Theology: A New Heavens and a New Earth' (added 14/09/2021)

Chile: Rioting youths vandalise over 60 churches (added 10/09/2021)

Bishop for Life Issues asks Catholics to oppose Assisted Dying Bill (added 09/09/2021)

'Camino to COP' sets off from London (added 09/09/2021)

Nations' Climate Sunday Service at Glasgow Cathedral (added 07/09/2021)

Climate Action Meeting: 16th September 7-9pm (Added 06/09/2021)

Nigeria: Another 73 schoolchildren kidnapped (06/09/2021)

Climate Change Poster Exhibition (added 06/09/2021)

Pilgrim on the 'Camino to COP' (added 06/09/2021)

Women in Black London appeals to the UK Government to: (added 01/09/2021)

Afghanistan How can we respond? (added 30/08/2021)

Birmingham: Climate pilgrims blessed at St Chad's (added 30/08/2021)

European Church leaders invite Christians to observe Season of Creation (29/08/2021)

The Season of Creation 2021: Invite from the Birmingham Justice and Peace Commission (added 28/08/2021)

Cardinal: We have a moral obligation to welcome Afghan refugees (added 27/08/2021)

London: CAFOD campaigners protest at Brazilian Embassy for rights of indigenous people (added 26/08/2021)

SVP calls for a million gestures of kindness (added 26/08/2021)

Ethiopia: Catastrophic situation unfolding in Tigray (added 23/08/2021)

Climate Walkers arrived in Leamington. Will be in Coventry today Saturday 21st August . Welcome them in the Cathedral Ruins at 4.45pm. (added 21/08/2021)

Birmingham set to welcome COP 26 relay walkers (added 20/08/2021)

Pax Christi International Statement on Afghanistan (added 19/08/2021)

Priests and Sisters stranded in Afghanistan (added 18/08/2021)

Afghanistan: Christian persecution set to rise warns Release International (added 17/08/2021)

Spend three months in Palestine and Israel monitoring human rights (14/08/2021)

St Maximilian Kolbe in Japan (added 13/08/2021)

A Prayer for Our Earth Service Booklet (added 13/08/2021)

Camino to COP26: People's walk for the planet (added 11/08/2021)

CAFOD tells PM: Time to throw kitchen sink at climate change (added 11/08/2021)

Bishop urges immediate action after 'grim and disturbing' climate change report (added 11/08/2021)

International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition 2021 (added 09/08/2021)

Young climate campaigners bring message to London on way to COP26 (added 09/08/2021)

Book: Welcoming the Stranger (added 04/08/2021)

Join the Next Global Divestment Announcement (added 03/08/2021)

Archdiocese of Birmingham divests from fossil fuels (added 22/09/2021)

Life on the Breadline Lent Course launched (added 22/09/2021)

Poland: Protection of Minors Commission hosts major conference in Warsaw (added 21/09/2021)

Paralympian: Legalising assisted suicide could result in involuntary deaths (added 17/09/2021)

Call for video submissions to be screened at COP26 vigil (added 16/09/2021)

Zero Carbon Schools Programme (added 14/09/2021)

Hundreds in prayer vigil outside DSEI Arms Fair (added 15/09/2021)

Message to Catholic Schools for Education Sunday 2021 (added 14/09/2021)

Arms Fair an unwelcome guest in East London (added 14/09/2021)

JRS: 'Extraordinarily dangerous proposal to send boats back across Channel means people will drown' (added 10/09/2021)

Glasgow: Young people release music video for COP26 (added 09/09/2021)

What is COP26 and why is it important to Catholics? (added 07/09/2021)

Life on the Breadline Anti-Poverty Charter (added 06/09/2021)

NJPN Blog - Season of Creation (added 06/09/2021)

Asha North Staffordshire Welcomes Refugees (added 06/09/2021)

Pope Francis receives special gift to start Season of Creation (added 03/09/2021)

Coventry Peace News - September (added 01/09/2021)

Appeal for prayers for peace in South Sudan (added 30/08/2021)

Bangladesh: Catholics plant a million trees (added 29/08/2021)

Pathways to Peace: Online evening for Yemen (added 28/08/2021)

Season of Creation: “A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God” (added 28/08/2021)

Attacks against Christians in Nigeria's Plateau state (added 27/08/2021)

CARDINAL VINCENT NICHOLS ON CARE OF CREATION (added 26/08/2021)

Afghanistan: CSW calls for human rights monitoring, protection for refugees and vulnerable groups (added 26/08/2021)

Ten Coventry Schools Granted Peace Award (added 26/08/2021)

CSW marks international Day commemorating victims of violence based on religion or belief (added 23/08/2021)

CAFOD prays for people of Afghanistan (added 21/08/2021)

China: CSW calls for release of critically ill Christian activist (added 20/08/2021)

Fr Shay Cullen: Standing for the Rights of Indigenous People (added 20/08/2021)

Plymouth: Candlelit vigil for victims of mass shooting (added 19/08/2021)

Caritas Internationalis statement on Human Rights Day (added 19/08/2021)

Two Catholic Nuns Killed in South Sudan (added 18/08/2021)

Haiti: After devastating earthquake, tropical storm approaches (added 16/08/2021)

Nunciature visits depopulated Christian villages in Galilee (added 16/08/2021)

Links to interesting articles (added 14/08/2021)

A Prayer For Our Earth (added 13/08/2021)

London: Annual Mass for St Oscar Romero (added 11/08/2021)

Season of Creation Study Days (added 11/08/2021)

Bishops pray for world without nuclear weapons (added 11/08/2021)

Giant artwork at St Paul's Cathedral to highlight climate emergency (added 09/08/2021)

NJPN Conference: Framing the Global Crisis - Mark Rotheram (added 09/08/2021)

Want to know our BIG news on New Name, Mission Statement, Values and more? (added 03/08/2021)

Anti-trafficking film competition and festival launched at BAFTA (added 03/08/2021)

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