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Uniting for the Poor

Vatican Radio reports that English Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the Archbishop of Canterbury have launched a joint initiative that encourages their flocks to pray and work together in service of the poorest and most vulnerable people in their parishes.

On Sunday the leaders visited a project in London run by the Catholic Worker Movement. On Palm Sunday they will travel together to Kent on England’s South coast to visit a family care centre supported by the Diocese of Canterbury.

Read the rest and listen to Philippa Hitchen’s interview [MP3 or Real] with Cardinal Nichols.

Image: “(S) ‘Listen To God-Hear the Poor’ – Sunday 6 April-1-60” by Catholic Church England and Wales/Flickr

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