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The Friends of the Holy Father - Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the forty second Annual General Meeting of The Friends of the Holy Father will be held on Thursday, 10 April 2025 at 6.45pm in Clergy House Library, 42 Francis Street, Westminster, London SW1P 1QW. The Annual General Meeting will be preceded by the 5.30pm Mass in Westminster Cathedral, which will be celebrated by His Excellency, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, which members are encouraged to attend. Further information can be found on the newsletters page. |
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Holy Year Pilgrimage to Rome with St James’s Church
Ecclesiastical Adviser to the Friends, Mgr Philip Whitmore, who is rector of St James’s Church, London, (known as Spanish Place), has kindly extended an invitation to members of the Friends of the Holy Father to join his parish in their pilgrimage to Rome from 20-25 October to celebrate the Jubilee Year. Further information and full itinerary available in the pilgrimages section. |
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Friends Contribute to Jubilee Year 2025
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We are delighted to announce that The Friends of the Holy Father are privileged to have been involved in the Jubilee year. We responded to an appeal from the Dicastery for Communications in Rome for assistance to Vatican media by funding an outdoor studio in St Peters Square, which will enable them to provide worldwide coverage of all the events taking place during the Jubilee Year. Read more....
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Pope Francis on the threshold of St Peter's Basilica door on Christmas Eve
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The Friends of the Holy Father is a Roman Catholic organization founded in 1980 to offer practical support for the Pope's universal ministry.
"His work is vital, his task immense" The Holy See, the episcopal seat of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, includes the central government of the Church, dating back to apostolic times. Today it resides in the sovereign Vatican City State that only came into existence in 1929. The work in the Vatican has increased dramatically in recent years. New departments have been created to deal with the various needs of a rapidly changing modern world. Demands on a limited budget have also arisen and the Friends have been able to assist the Holy Father's work in a number of practical ways. 
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