Welcome to this week’s e-News. Let us continue to offer our prayers for the Holy Father who has now returned from hospital to the Vatican. As the Assisted Dying Bill continues to progress, there is still time to act to thwart this disastrous legislation. Read more here: mailchi.mp/portsmouthdi...

The world at the moment seems to be on fire. Events are moving quickly and it’s difficult to see where things are going. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine continues with Russian bombing of sites across the country. Welcome to this week’s e-News for the first full week of Lent. mailchi.mp/portsmouthdi...

Today, there is a glimmer of hope that the war in Ukraine may soon come to an end with peace talks taking place in Saudi Arabia between Russia and America.

Welcome to this week’s e-News for Tuesday 18th February 2025. Read more here: mailchi.mp/portsmouthdi...

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Next Monday, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as 47th President of the USA. Let us remember the peoples of America, especially those impacted by the fires in LA, the needs of the world & also Cardinal Robert McElroy to be the new Archbishop of Washington. mailchi.mp/portsmouthdi...

A very happy and holy New Year to you all – from a chilly Portsmouth! Let us ask the Lord to bless us during the Jubilee Year ahead with many blessings and graces. Welcome to this week's e-News as the Church continues through Christmastide. Read more: mailchi.mp/portsmouthdi...

It was with great joy we heard the Holy Father, at the end of his Wednesday audience this last week, announce that the canonisations of Bl. Carlo Acutis and Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati will take place during the Holy Year next year.

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We are delighted to hear official news of the forthcoming canonisation of Blessed Pier Giorgio #Frassati, Patron of our Diocesan Youth. Pope Francis has announced that he will be canonized during the Jubilee of the Youth, from 28 July -3 August 2025. May he continue to pray for us.

The war in Ukraine drags on. Although much criticised for saying it, Pope Francis is surely right: there must at some point be a negotiated settlement of some sort. Let us pray earnestly that this will quickly be the case. Read more in this week e-News... mailchi.mp/portsmouthdi...
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