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Cardinal Vincent Nichols is Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster & President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

London, England
Joined February 2015

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  1. The Feast of Christmas lasts for eight days - the Octave of Christmas - and Mass on each of those days is indeed a Christmas Mass. Please keep in touch with your parish to find out about Mass arrangements.

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  2. We can make every step of our preparations for Christmas into a moment of anticipation of its true meaning. We can fill these with a fresh appreciation that at the heart of it all is the coming of God into our flesh. Second Sunday of

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  3. My letter to MPs about the reduction in overseas aid from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income. In these extraordinarily difficult times, we should not step back from our responsibilities to the world’s most vulnerable people. I hope compassionate and wise counsel will prevail.

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  4. Today, let us pray together at 6pm for our families, our friends, our loved ones.

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  5. I invite you to join us in prayer at 6pm every evening, as we plead the Father in heaven, through Jesus his Son, for all that we need in these days of .

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  6. I mourn the death of Jonathan Sacks. I express my sorrow to the worldwide Jewish community on the loss of this great figure. I assure them of my prayers & condolences. I have lost a friend; the Jewish community a great leader; humanity an eloquent spokesman. May he rest in peace.

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  7. This is a time for us to show our strength: strength in mutual support; strength in service; strength in perseverance and hope; the strength of our faith in action.

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  8. I spoke with on about the lockdown prohibiting communal prayer. We want to follow a pathway of prayer & service during this time. We need to be patient, resilient, & show compassion to one another. Listen from 2:50

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  9. At this difficult moment, we ask that, as a Catholic community, we make full use of our churches as places of individual prayer and sources of solace and help. We must sustain each other in our patterns of prayer, joining a national shared moment of prayer each day at 6pm.

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  10. Delighted to be part of today's Nayrouz Service with & Coptic Orthodox community, even if I could not be with you in person, & to deliver New Year greetings from Catholics to our brothers & sisters in Christ. Blessings to you all for this New Year.

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  11. Public worship is essential, should be classed by government as necessary and supported to continue. We call on HMG to recognise and support this and enable us to continue to worship safely, as part of the essential fabric of the nation.

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  12. I'll be celebrating the 5.30pm Mass in today for . Please join me on the live stream at Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

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  13. Here's our statement following the announcement by on Saturday. Please take the time to read it and contact your MP to ask for their support.

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  14. Its violation deepens the horror of three brutal killings. May these three innocent people rest in peace. May all people reject utterly the pathway of senseless violence. May God bless Nice.

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  15. I am horrified to hear of the fatal attacks in Notre Dame in Nice. People have been killed in a sacred place, which they had entered in order to pray. I know the Basilica well. It is much loved by the people of Nice and by so many visitors.

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  16. Celebrating Holy Mass with the staff and seminarians at Allen Hall yesterday. May the Lord continue to bless you as you continue your journey of discernment and formation.

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  17. A lovely letter from Pope Emeritus Benedict expressing thanks for the gifts of the meditations and reflections of St John Henry Newman, whom he beatified on his remarkable visit to the UK in 2010, and invoking God's blessings on the Catholic Church and all people in this country.

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  18. St John Henry Newman continues to inspire us. He helps us to understand that the source of so much holiness and hope lies in that inner sanctum of conscience, ‘an echo of the voice of God enlightening each person to moral truth in specific situations’.

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  19. Fratelli Tutti in its vision is global. In its principles it is universal. Its application begins locally, with no-one excluded. And faith in God is not a problem to be solved but a powerful source of our enrichment!

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  20. At the legal year begins, we pray for all who are involved in the administration & upholding of justice & law. May God bless you & fill you with the Divine Wisdom, the Holy Spirit, that your work is more profoundly a service offered in his name.

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