The number of people attending Confession in the Diocese of Lancaster has increased following a Lenten initiative
Topic: Diocese of Lancaster
Gove rejects call to ban Catholic booklet from schools
Head of Trade Union Congress condemns booklet as homophobic and criticises Education Secretary for ‘lack of concern’
Bishop asks for hour of Confession every week in Lent
Bishop of Lancaster says every church in the diocese will be open for Confession on Wednesday evenings
Vatican praises Lancaster document on diaconate
Document issued by Bishop Michael Campbell says deacon is priest’s ‘closest collaborator’







Pope Francis, as I hoped, will complete Pope Benedict’s unfinished encyclical: it will be a striking illustration of the hermeneutic of continuity
By William Oddie