The week ahead: Recusancy, Putin and cricket

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Westminster Cathedral is running a coach trip to Ingatestone Hall near Brentwood, Essex, next Thursday. The historic Tudor house was home to a recusant family. A house Mass will be celebrated. The £50 trip includes the Petre chantry chapel at Thorndon Hall and the park designed by Capability Brown. Contact 020 7798 9059 or email friends@rcdow.org.uk.

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Pope Francis will meet President Putin on Thursday during the Russian leader’s state visit to Italy. It will be their third meeting, and the first since Francis met Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in 2016, and could lead to a papal trip to Russia.

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The Vatican cricket team will play the Archbishop of Canterbury XI at the Capannelle Ground, the only international cricket ground in Rome, next Thursday. For the first time the Anglican team will include two female players; one is currently in training for the Anglican priesthood, while the other will be ordained the day before the team flies to Rome.

Westminster Cathedral is running a coach trip to Ingatestone Hall near Brentwood, Essex, next Thursday. The historic Tudor house was home to a recusant family. A house Mass will be celebrated. The £50 trip includes the Petre chantry chapel at Thorndon Hall and the park designed by Capability Brown. Contact 020 7798 9059 or email friends@rcdow.org.uk.

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Pope Francis will meet President Putin on Thursday during the Russian leader’s state visit to Italy. It will be their third meeting, and the first since Francis met Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in 2016, and could lead to a papal trip to Russia.

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The Vatican cricket team will play the Archbishop of Canterbury XI at the Capannelle Ground, the only international cricket ground in Rome, next Thursday. For the first time the Anglican team will include two female players; one is currently in training for the Anglican priesthood, while the other will be ordained the day before the team flies to Rome.

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