Liverpool archdiocese’s synod has published recommendations that place lay people at the heart of efforts to revive and sustain the Catholic faith.

A plan to exhume the body the Venerable Mother Cornelia Connelly from her resting place in East Sussex has been withdrawn.

The modern altar has been dismantled, with gorgeous floor tiles and wall paintings found hidden under carpets and beneath layers of white paint. Bishop Mark Davies is determined his cathedral will be restored to its former glory while being faithful to Vatican II’s liturgical reforms

Historic Catholic churches and cathedrals in some of the most deprived areas of England will benefit from a £3 million government grant for urgent repairs.

The care of an architecturally listed church requires commitment, expertise and deep pockets. In return, parishioners forge a deep bond of affection with their place of worship

Historic Catholic churches are to get £3 million from a government fund to help heritage groups through the coronavirus pandemic.

 

 

English and Welsh Catholics are proud of their martyrs, and their churches often house their relics and commemorate them in sculptures, paintings and stained glass

The Covid-19 pandemic has reduced the income of Catholic churches by half to three quarters while many have a backlog of urgent repairs.

 

 

A group of Catholics is fighting a rearguard action in support of a plan to redevelop the Catholic national shrine near Walsingham.

 

 

A plan to redevelop the Catholic national shrine near Walsingham has been withdrawn after coming in for heavy criticism.

 

 

Stained bare concrete, leaking roofs and minimal decoration: the Catholic churches of the 1960s can be hard to like, yet those who worship in them love their light and sense of space

An ambitious proposal to redevelop the riverside Catholic Marian shrine lying south of Walsingham village is meeting stiff opposition from local people and heritage groups

A Gothic Revival masterpiece is threatened by a declining number of parishioners and a high-density development on land surrounding the Grade I listed building

St Walburge’s in Preston – Joseph Hansom’s Gothic Revival masterpiece – was almost derelict, but a group of traditionalist priests have brought it back from the brink