The week ahead: General election, the Immaculate Conception, St Faustina

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Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, December 12, with most pollsters predicting a Conservative victory while others forecast a hung parliament. The bishops have urged Catholics to use their vote: “Conscious of the common good of every person and our society as a whole, we ask everyone to engage with the election and vote.”

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December 8 would normally be the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (pictured), but as December 8 is a Sunday, the Solemnity will instead be celebrated on Monday, December 9, in both Britain and the United States.

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The film Love and Mercy, which tells the story of St Faustina Kowalska and the Divine Mercy devotion in drama-documentary style, will have its final cinema screenings on Tuesday, December 10. To find screenings, see fathomevents.com/events/faustina-love-and-mercy. There will also be a DVD released at some point in the future.

Britain goes to the polls on Thursday, December 12, with most pollsters predicting a Conservative victory while others forecast a hung parliament. The bishops have urged Catholics to use their vote: “Conscious of the common good of every person and our society as a whole, we ask everyone to engage with the election and vote.”

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December 8 would normally be the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (pictured), but as December 8 is a Sunday, the Solemnity will instead be celebrated on Monday, December 9, in both Britain and the United States.

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The film Love and Mercy, which tells the story of St Faustina Kowalska and the Divine Mercy devotion in drama-documentary style, will have its final cinema screenings on Tuesday, December 10. To find screenings, see fathomevents.com/events/faustina-love-and-mercy. There will also be a DVD released at some point in the future.

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