Pope Francis Requiescat in Pace

Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta.

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Day of the African Child 2023
15/06/2023
Mary Lee is the Acting Chair & Secretary of the Portsmouth Bamenda Committee hear her thoughts on The Day of the African Child 2023 and the good work that her [...]
Universities Minister “disappointed” by treatment of Catholics on campus
14/06/2023
The Minister responsible for higher education in England has expressed his concern at the results from a recent Catholic Union survey on faith in the workplace. Writing to the Catholic [...]
A welcome to our new Seminarians
13/06/2023
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Statement following publication of the CSSA Safeguarding Review of the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
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