Diocese of Westminster - Pastoral Letters Podcast

In his Pastoral Letter for the Feast of the Holy Family, 2010 Archbishop Vincent Nichols speaks of the joy which family life brings.

The Lenten journey is not a time for blaming others but a time for identifying our own faults, seeking forgiveness for them and trying to build a more virtuous life.

In his first Pastoral Letter as Archbishop of Westminster, the Right Reverend Vincent Nichols encourages Catholics to strengthen their faith through daily prayer, which he says is "central to the stability and fruitfulness of our lives."

In a Pastoral Letter for the fifth Sunday of Lent, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has reflected on his nine years as Archbishop of Westminster.

'The family is the foundation of our society today and, in particular, our Catholic families are a special source of grace and witness within the Church and to the wider world.'

Catholics are urged to make their faith more visible by regularly saying 'God bless you' and making the Sign of the Cross in their daily lives in a Pastoral Letter from the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster written shortly after the State Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom.