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‘The Passion of Jesus’ returns to Trafalgar Square on Good Friday

March 26, 2024

A full-scale re-enactment of the Passion of Jesus is returning to Trafalgar Square this Good Friday in central London. First performed in 2010 by the Wintershall company, the open-air The Passion of Jesus production, commemorating the day Jesus was arrested, tried and crucified by the Romans, before miraculously rising from the dead on Easter Sunday;

Catholic Church refutes accusations of helping alkaline attacker gain asylum

February 05, 2024

The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle today denied assisting an Afghan fugitive wanted for an alkaline attack on a woman and her two children amid claims that an unnamed priest helped him to gain asylum in the UK. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi is suspected of throwing a corrosive substance over the three in Clapham, south London,

An American revisits London as a Catholic

March 29, 2023

Andrew Petiprin finds vibrant life in his old pre-Catholic haunts

Diary: by John Martin Robinson

October 01, 2022

As the bearer party of young Grenadiers carried the coffin through the door towards us, a ray of sun caught the 3,000 diamonds in the crown, nearly blinding us like a flash of bulbs. The most transcendent moment came when four men from the Household Cavalry took up their vigil posts at the corners of the catafalque, reversing swords and placing their gloved hands on the hilts, then bowing their heads and standing absolutely still

Polish Catholic parish in London: Police ‘grossly exceeded powers’ in halting Good Friday service

April 03, 2021

Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark made a pastoral visit to the church on Saturday. The archbishop spoke with clergy and a number of parishioners present at the church, assuring them of his closeness in prayer and offering them his support following the incident.

Hundreds protest policing of Sarah Everard vigil

March 15, 2021

Hundreds gathered in Parliament Square in London on Sunday for a further vigil in honour of Sarah Everard – the marketing executive murdered on 3rd March, allegedly by serving police officer Wayne Couzens – after clashes broke out between protesters and police at a vigil in Clapham on Saturday. Feminist protest group Sisters Uncut organised

A tour of buildings and monuments in Mayfair and St James’s

March 01, 2021

Hidden gems: An intriguing guide to a neglected corner of London

The changing century

March 01, 2021

Commerce, politics and religion collide in this vivid account