Colours and geometrical patterns of Westminster Cathedral are key features of the new vestments.

Bishop Alan Hopes, who attended th vigil said: 'The unborn child has the inviolable human right to life'

The Triduum (Three Days) begins with the evening Mass on Maundy Thursday, continues through Good Friday and comes to its glorious climax with Easter Day.

Bishop John Sherrington thanked volunteers at St Joseph's Pastoral Centre for living life to the full and enabling others to do so, at a volunteers day on Saturday 24 March.

Bishop John Sherrington thanked the volunteers at St Joseph's Pastoral Centre for living life to the full and enabling others to do so, at a volunteers day on Saturday 24 March.

The April 2012 issue of the Westminster Record, the monthly newspaper for the Diocese of Westminster, is now on sale.

SPEC, the diocese of Westminster's youth retreat centre, will be staying at All Saints Pastoral Centre until the end of the 2012-13 academic year.

A special training day to help  parishes plan for the Torch Relay and the Olympic Games takes place on 31 March 2012.

Challenges to proclaiming the gospel in today’s multi-faith society are examined in the third Lent 2012 Faith Matters lecture on Tuesday 27 March.

Listen to Bishop John Sherrington, explaining and defending the Catholic stance on marriage, on BBC 3 Counties.