Catholic Bishops' Conference (England and Wales)

08/09/2026

Impart to your servants, we pray, O Lord,
the gift of heavenly grace,
that the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
may bring deeper peace
to those for whom the birth of her Son
was the dawning of salvation.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

04/09/2026

O God, who called your servant the Bishop Saint Cuthbert
from tending sheep
to serving Christ as a shepherd of your people,
grant in your kindness, we pray,
that your Church may imitate his example
by seeking out the lost
and bearing them home to your fold.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

03/09/2026

A Private Members’ Bill on assisted su***de – so-called assisted dying – has been reintroduced to the House of Commons. Our clear principled objection to this Bill remains and we renew our call for Catholics and people of goodwill to unite in prayer and compassionate action.

There is still time to email your MP to vote against the Assisted Dying Bill on 11th September.

We are calling on Catholics in England and Wales to unite in prayer and compassionate action to oppose assisted su***de.

03/09/2026

O God, who care for your people with gentleness
and rule them in love,
through the intercession of Pope Saint Gregory,
endow, we pray, with a spirit of wisdom
those to whom you have given authority to govern,
that the flourishing of a holy flock
may become the eternal joy of the shepherds.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

02/09/2026

“Our time is precious... And perhaps our time is most to be treasured when it is running out toward the natural end of our lives." Bishop Marcus Stock

02/09/2026

‘Do not reject God’s loving gift of life’ says Bishop Marcus Stock.

01/09/2026

“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4) is the theme of Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4) is the theme of Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, published in the Bulletin of the Holy See. The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be on ...

31/08/2026

Lord God, you sent the gentle Bishop Saint Aidan
to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ;
grant us, by his prayers, to live as he taught
in simplicity, humility and love for the poor.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

29/08/2026

O God, who willed that Saint John the Baptist
should go ahead of your Son
both in his birth and in his death,
grant that, as he died a Martyr for truth and justice,
we, too, may fight hard
for the confession of what you teach.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.