St Peter's Roman Catholic Church Edinburgh

03/06/2026

About Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas, His first encyclical on Social doctrine in our times and his concerns about AI.

The Bishops of Scotland warmly welcome Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV, as a timely and insightful contribution to one of the defining questions of our age. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes human life, this important document calls us to place the dignity of the human person at the heart of every technological advance.

We encourage the faithful, our schools and parish communities to read, study and pray with this landmark text.

To support this, the Office of Communications and Evangelisation will soon publish a parish study guide and other resources for small groups and parish use, helping communities to reflect more deeply on the opportunities and challenges of new technologies and their impact on human life.

Bishop John Keenan
President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland

Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

24/05/2026

Today on Pentecost Sunday at the Children’s Liturgy we celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit 🔥 and the effusion of His gifts onto the Church!
Each child chose a gift to hold in their hearts so as to bear good fruit! 🙏🙏

08/05/2026

God bless Pope Leo XIV ongoing work as Christ’s vicar on earth! 🙏🙏❤️❤️

As of today, Pope Leo has been the head of our Church for one year.

With calm authority, he has spoken out with great moral clarity on issues of migration, climate change, extreme poverty and the pursuit of world peace.

In all that he has done and said, the Pope has cemented himself as the conscience of the world.

Photo credit: Vatican News

07/05/2026

42 children were confirmed last night at St Peter’s RC Parish Church - we congratulate them and thank Bishop Cushley for his continuing work.

26/04/2026

Outreach Justice and Peace Group
Many thanks to all those who supported our raffle of a hamper of delicious things to eat. The lucky winner was Pushpa Thiruchelvm. The raffle made £247.40 which will go too SCIAF’s Water is Life Project.

15/04/2026

It’s 10 Days to our “Edinburgh Festival of Life” including SPUC’s Pro-Life Chain on Saturday, 25th April

The Chain is the best way to witness to THOUSANDS of local people and an opportunity to pray, and celebrate the goodness of life.

We’ll start at 10am in Sacred Heart Church, Lauriston, EH3 9DJ with a rosary led by Archbishop Cushley. Prayer is a vital part of this work, particularly as the Election looms in May. We’ll also give thanks for the success of our campaign to oppose assisted su***de in Scotland.

At 11am we’ll be at Lothian Road (by Sheraton Hotel) with our “Proud to be Pro-Life” message. And then refreshments (and a pint..) afterwards…

Do come for some, part or even all of the day. It’s a great gathering of the Pro-Life Clan in Scotland!

05/04/2026

Holy Saturday at our Parish - Ceremony of the light with Fr Daniel presiding the Holy Mass and intoning the first Alleluia after Lent.
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04/04/2026

Generation of the Holy Cross on Good Friday!
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03/04/2026

The Passion and Crucifixion of Our Lord Jesus 🙏🙏🙏

29/03/2026

The Paschal Triduum is coming up from Maundy Thursday!