The Catholic Church across Yorkshire's historic West Riding since 1878

The Catholic Church across Yorkshire's historic West Riding since 1878

CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY

3 October is this year’s CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY! CAFOD is highlighting its work with communities in Ethiopia facing climate challenges, where YOUR donations are funding vital water infrastructure projects. Parish and school communities are encouraged to be...

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: CAFOD’s call to contact your MP

Pope Leo has called for ‘an immediate halt to the barbarity of war’. In solidarity with the Holy Father, the CAFOD Campaigns Team makes this heartfelt plea: ‘The pain and suffering in Gaza is reverberating around the world. Distressing news and...

Cottingley and CAFOD Celebrate Ten Years of Laudato Si’

On 15 June at the 9.15 mass at St Mary and St Monica’s, Cottingley, there was a 10th birthday party for the Papal Encyclical Laudato Si’. There was music and a celebration afterwards, including a short talk. The children produced prayers and delighted in some...

Stand with CAFOD against aid cuts!

A message from CAFOD: ‘Yesterday the Prime Minister announced that the aid budget will be cut again, meaning that it will be at its lowest level since 1999. The result will be that in some of the most vulnerable places on earth, more people will die and many...

Jubilee Icon Prayer Cards for our Pilgrimage Churches!

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) and partner CAFOD have created a Prayer Card with the Holy Father’s Jubilee Prayer and using the Jubilee Icon which CAFOD commissioned. Prayer cards featuring the icon are being printed in the Diocese and...