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2025 Briefings
- 20 December: This the Season to be Jolly
- 13 December: I was in Prison
- 6 December: Joyful Step on the Path to Advent
- 30 November: Become a Friend this Advent
- 29 November: Spirituality & Reconciliation
- 22 November: Real, True Meaning of Christmas
- 15 November: Warm Welcome Spaces
- 8 November: Importance of Religious Freedom
- 1 November: Christian Law
- 25 October: Policing
- 18 October: The Importance of Place
- 11 October: Dilexi te
- 4 October: Bringing Faith, Truth & Mercy into the Public Square
- 27 September: Catholic Student Network
- 20 September: What is it like being a Catholic MP?
- 13 September: Education Sunday
- 6 September: Hope
- 30 August: Christ at the Centre
- 19 July: Championing The Poor, Weak, Vulnerable & Oppressed
- 12 July: Is Leprosy Still a Thing?
- 5 July: Sea Sunday
- 28 June: The Global Search for Values
- 21 June: Watershed Moment
- 14 June: Father of the House
- 7 June: The Cry of The Earth and The Cry of the Poor
- 31 May: New Archbishop of Liverpool
- 24 May: It is Giving that We Receive
- 17 May: Hopes & Expectations of the New Pope
- 10 May: Pope Leo XIV
- 3 May: Remember Me
- 26 April: Mourning Pope Francis
- 19 April: Easter
- 12 April: Passiontide
- 5 April: How We Spend Our Love
- 29 March: The Honour of Motherhood
- 22 March: Arise
- 15 March: Equal Dignity of All People
- 8 March: The Joy of the Divine Office
- 1 March: Pilgrims of Hope
- 22 February: Respice Finem
- 15 February: A Committee That Hears No Evil Sees No Evil
- 8 February: Family as the Basic Unit of Society
- 1 February: The Presentation of the Lord
- 25 January: The 2025 National Jubilee Walking Pilgrimage of Hope
- 18 January: Jubilee Launch Day for Catholic Schools and Colleges
- 11 January: Jubilee Year