Lord Seb Coe, the world-famous Great Britain middle-distance runner and Chairman of the Olympic Organising Committee, LOCOG, has autographed a sheetlet of the IOM £1 ‘runners’ 2012 Olympic Games stamp, in the set designed by Sir Paul Smith.

A unique exhibition ‘The Blue Mauritius – The Meeting of the Queens in Berlin’ was held in the famous Berlin Museum for Communication, the former Imperial Postal Museum, from 2 to 25 September 2011. It was without doubt the most remarkable and finest philatelic exhibition of its kind ever staged.

The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, delivered a challenging and thought-provoking lecture at Ushaw College, Durham, on Tuesday 15 May 2012. The President of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales chose the topic – Faith Finding A [...]

History was made in the Catholic Church during a special Mass and Investiture at Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, of Bhai Sahib  Bhai Dr Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia and Mr William Ozanne, as Knights of the Pontifical Order [...]

Archbishop Vincent Nichols has given his stamp of approval to the Isle of Man, London 2012 Olympic Games, £3 “cycling” miniature sheet, in a set designed by Sir Paul Smith. The Archbishop of Westminster said: “We have now less than [...]

The Isle of Man RMS Titanic, The Ship of Dreams, imaginative set of six stamps to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of its loss and the tragic death of more than 1,500 passengers and crew during the early hours of Monday [...]

Archbishop Bernard Longley used the occasion of the annual Easter Monday Men’s Mass, at the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, to reiterate clearly and unequivocally that: “Marriage and family life go side by side in the Christian [...]

The Most Reverenced Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, was the Principal Celebrant at the 8pm Easter Vigil where he blessed the new fire and lit the Easter candle, at the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, on Holy [...]

This year more than 400 people from various Christian traditions, the largest number so far, took part in the fifth annual Good Friday Walk of Witness through the centre of the City of Birmingham, on 6 April, a bright but [...]

A very happy and joyful Easter to everyone. Jesus Christ has risen from the dead as He said, alleluia   LUMEN CHRISTI – THE LIGHT OF CHRIST The Paschal Candle pictured during the East Vigil on Holy Saturday, 7 April [...]

An onslaught of sleet and snow, combined with a bitterly cold wind caused the cancellation of the annual Chrism Mass procession of priests and deacons from parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Birmingham on the Wednesday of Holy Week, 4 April [...]

An important and memorable Colloquium “Britain and the Holy See: a Celebration of 1982 and the Wider Relationship”, masterminded by H E Nigel Baker, British Ambassador to the Holy See, was  held at the Venerable English College, Rome, on Friday, [...]

A captivating postage stamp issued by the Vatican Post office to commemorate Easter 2012 – “Christ is risen. Alleluia”, has received a stamp of approval from Great Britain. The 0.75c value Vatican City stamp shows a magnificent picture of the [...]

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Wherever I am, my servant will be there too. I am writing to you today about something that concerns all of us as members of the Church, the Body of Christ, in the deaneries [...]

The Birmingham Pugin Trail was launched on Thursday 1 March 2012, the bicentenary of the birth of Augustus Welby Pugin 1812-1852, the devout Catholic Victorian architect and designer, who was responsible for the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad [...]