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

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

CAFOD’s Harvest Fast Day

In the Horn of Africa, CAFOD is supporting people facing severe droughts as a result of the failure of the last four rains. After many years of drought, a large-scale famine is looking likely. Hunger is rife across Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, reaching as far...

Leeds Diocese hosts Eritrean Catholic Youth Retreat

On 28 July the Diocese of Leeds welcomed around 180 young people from the Eritrean Catholic community to the Holy Rosary Church at Chapeltown in Leeds. Coming from as far afield as London, Cardiff, and Newcastle, many of the young adults travelled up the evening...

Our Eritrean Chaplain meets Pope Francis

Between 7 and 10 May, there was a meeting in Rome of all the Eritrean Chaplains in Europe. Our own Fr Ghebreyesus Ghebrezghi, a priest of the Diocese of Leeds who serves in the Blessed John Henry Newman Parish and is Chaplain to the Eritrean Catholic Community in...