Catholic News

Feb 24 2025 25 ep. 21 mins 47
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'Catholic News' is a podcast carrying interviews with a diverse range of people - lay people, religious and clergy - involved on the front line of the Catholic Church's work in England and Wales.

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Faith, fitness and service with humility

Feb 24 2025 38 mins  
A special Catholic News podcast in which we speak to the charismatic Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Robert Rigby. When you picture a Lord Mayor you probably conjure up images of mayoral chains and hats, meeting important people, being the ‘first citizen’ of a city with all the trappings that accompany such an office – but it’s also a role that comes

Caring for Pa

Jan 24 2025 34 mins  
Understanding the shock, pain, and anxiety that comes after a terminal diagnosis is often best articulated through first-person stories. Today we’re speaking to Matt Parkes about how he cared for his dad, Jeff, at the end of his life. Jeff became aware something was seriously wrong health-wise in 2011. Something had changed. Something felt different. He had a number of episodes w

Advent reflection from the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Dec 19 2024 2 mins  
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, took some time out of his very busy schedule to be guest of honour in a joint Catholic News / Middle East Analysis podcast just before the First Sunday of Advent. You can listen to the full podcast here. This excerpt from the full episode offers the Patriarch’s meditation on faith and hope through the lens o

What the Church has to say about the social sciences

Dec 11 2024 46 mins  
We have a special guest for this Catholic News podcast episode – Sister Helen Alford OP, the President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Sister Alford, a religious sister of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena, was born in London and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in manufacturing engineering, where she was also awar

Latin Patriarch | Cardinal Pizzaballa

Dec 02 2024 29 mins  
Our studio guest for this special 30-minute Catholic News podcast is the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. Born in northern Italy, the Patriarch, a Franciscan, has spent 35 years of his ministry in the Holy Land. In this time he has seen many episodes of war and tension. The current cycle of violence is particularly devastating. However,

A Pastoral Approach to Domestic Abuse

Nov 21 2024 33 mins  
For this Catholic News podcast, we take on a difficult subject – one that needs a carefully considered pastoral approach to those in acute need. Our topic today is domestic abuse and we’re speaking to Nikki Dhillon Keane from Safe in Faith, an organisation that fosters safe support for survivors of domestic abuse and gender-based violence. Nikki is a Catholic psychotherapist an

New lectionary starting to arrive in parishes

Oct 23 2024 7 mins  
Canon Christopher Thomas, General Secretary here at the Bishops’ Conference secretariat, gives us an update on the new lectionary that will be used for the first time in parishes across England and Wales on the First Sunday of Advent. Speaking on our monthly At the Foot of the Cross podcast, Canon Thomas tells us that we need to be patient with the new text, and gives us some exa

Cardinal on Assisted Suicide: Careful what you wish for

Oct 10 2024 8 mins  
On this Catholic News podcast, you can listen to the President of the Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, talking about why it's so important to inform ourselves about assisted suicide and take action to oppose attempts to legalise it. In a pastoral letter to the priests and people of his diocese, the Cardinal refers to a private members' bill on assisted suicide that

The God who speaks through the Prophets

Jul 25 2024 6 mins  
If you’ve been a regular at Mass over these summer months you will have listened to the guidance of the prophets in our readings. Whether you've heard God’s wisdom and warnings through Jeremiah, Isaiah, Amos, Micah or Hosea, it’s that time of year when we are given the revelatory word that brings about change in the hearts of some or consolation in the hearts of others.

The important role grandparents play in a healthy society

Jul 19 2024 10 mins  
Ahead of the World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and the Elderly, Bishop David Evans has spoken about the need for us to value the elderly and recognise the important contribution grandparents make to society. On this 'Catholic News' podcast we discuss how we can use this day, on Sunday 28 July, as one of thanksgiving and prayer for grandparents and the elderly. "We might ha