{"id":38640,"date":"2026-02-14T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/nieuws\/archbishop-moth-calls-the-faithful-to-courageous-witness-at-westminster-installation-mass\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:00:00","slug":"archbishop-moth-calls-the-faithful-to-courageous-witness-at-westminster-installation-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/en\/nieuws\/archbishop-moth-calls-the-faithful-to-courageous-witness-at-westminster-installation-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Moth calls the faithful to courageous witness at Westminster installation Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFan into flame the gift of God\u201d and courageously live out the gifts of the Holy Spirit to a world currently crying out for hope, Archbishop Richard Moth exhorted the faithful on Feb. 14 at his installation Mass at Westminster Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>In his first homily as the 12th Archbishop of Westminster, and to a packed cathedral filled with clergy, religious leaders, civic leaders and lay faithful, Moth recalled the words of St. Paul to Timothy, insisting that God\u2019s call is not a summons to worldly power or domination, but to a life marked by self-control \u201cguided, empowered by the Holy Spirit\u201d and by a love that mirrors Christ\u2019s total self-giving on the cross.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Archbishop Richard Moth speaks at Westminster Cathedral at his installation Mass in London, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 | Credit: Edward Pentin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He noted that he had heard that same passage from Scripture when he attended the episcopal consecration of one of his predecessors, Archbishop Cardinal Basil Hume, in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>Describing this path as \u201cChrist-like service,\u201d he said it brings faith, love and hope \u201cto a world that, in our present age, cries out for hope.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The grace of the Holy Spirit received in Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders, he noted, is given to all the faithful, and their gifts are \u201cfanned into flame\u201d as they live out the mission entrusted to them<\/p>\n<p>Moth, 67, had served as bishop of Arundel and Brighton in southern England for the past decade until Pope Leo XIV nominated him in December. Best known for his work on prisons, criminal justice, and life issues, as well as his expertise in canon law, he succeeds Cardinal Vincent Nichols as archbishop of the leading diocese of England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on the Gospel image of Christ calling the 72 disciples, the new archbishop continued his homily by calling on Catholics to go out into \u201cthe world of our own age\u201d bearing the message of the Gospel of peace and ensuring that its light shines in parish communities, homes, schools, universities and workplaces. <\/p>\n<p>At every opportunity, he urged believers to \u201cshed the light of the Gospel on the world of our day,\u201d including the public square.<\/p>\n<p>He quoted Pope Benedict XVI from his 2010 address in Westminster Hall, when the late pontiff spoke of how faith and reason \u201cneed one another,\u201d should be in dialogue \u201cfor the good of our civilization,\u201d and that religion was \u201cnot a problem, but a vital contributor to the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This encounter will, at times, \u201crequire the boldness that we see in Paul and Barnabas in today\u2019s first reading, but we need not fear,\u201d Moth said, and he linked the Church\u2019s evangelising mission directly to the \u201cgreat questions of our time,\u201d naming them as the quest for peace, human dignity, the right to life at every stage, the protection of the vulnerable, the plight of refugees and the dispossessed, and the safeguarding of \u201cour common home.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>All these issues, he insisted, are \u201cintrinsic to the work of evangelization.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Evangelization requires patience<\/h2>\n<p>Marking the Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the archbishop stressed that it is \u201cfrom the Eucharist and from prayer that our work of evangelization flows, for evangelization is a call to a relationship, the relationship with the person of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evangelization requires patience, he said, adding that \u201cwe need not be concerned to seek for results according to our own timescale.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But he drew attention to reports of a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/news\/edward-pentin-uk-quiet-catholic-revival\">quiet revival<\/a>\u201d of faith and expressed hope that the depth of this revival will show itself, adding \u201cit is certainly the case that this is a good moment to be a Christian, a Catholic, a disciple of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If this flame of the Holy Spirit is to be fanned, he added, it must be nurtured through prayer and a deepening understanding of the gift of Faith, helping mission to grow \u201cever more effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Archbishop Richard Moth prays at his installation Mass at Westminster Cathedral in London, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 | Credit: Edward Pentin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, the archbishop acknowledged that this work is \u201cfragile and adversely impacted by our failures in love, power and self-control,\u201d and he spoke of his keen awareness of occasions when members of the Church, or the Church as a whole, have failed, especially in relation to the vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Those failures, he implied, make the call to Holy Spirit-led self-control, humble service and courageous witness all the more urgent as the diocese embarks on a new chapter of its life.<\/p>\n<p>Moth gave thanks for the long witness of the local Church and in particular his predecessor, Cardinal Nichols, saying there is \u201cso much for which to be thankful, so much on which to build.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He expressed joy that the Lord has called him to share with the people and clergy of the diocese the same mission once given by Christ to the seventy-two disciples.<\/p>\n<h2>Solemn installation<\/h2>\n<p>The rite of installation began soon after noon when the cathedral bells were rung and the Great West Door opened to mark his arrival. <\/p>\n<p>The archbishop, dressed in gold vestments featuring Byzantine-inspired designs and a gold mitre, knelt at the threshold in silent prayer for a few moments, surrounded by great marble medallions on which are representations of twelve Archbishops of Canterbury, each of whom were saints.<\/p>\n<p>A trumpet fanfare sounded and the archbishop entered the cathedral narthex to be greeted by the Provost, Canon Shaun Lennard. The cathedral choir sang a Responsory accompanied by the music of contemporary Scottish composer, Sir James MacMillan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Pope Leo XIV\u2019s apostolic letter formally announcing the appointment was read out, the solemn installation began. Canon Lennard, standing in front of the archbishops\u2019 throne, read out a prayer and the words of installation, asking that \u201cour Lord Jesus Christ guard your going in from henceforth, now and for evermore.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Nichols then formally handed the archbishop his crozier, a symbol of his office as bishop.<\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries including the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Catholic politician Edward Leigh then greeted the new archbishop, which was followed by a few words of welcome from Dame Sarah Mullally, the newly confirmed, though not yet enthroned, Anglican archbishop of Canterbury. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Dignitaries gather at Archbishop Richard Moth&#8217;s installation Mass at Westminster Cathedral in London, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 | Credit: Edward Pentin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the ecumenical group Churches Together, Mullally said she very much looked forward to working with the new archbishop \u201cto deepen our relationships and to strengthen our shared Christian witness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the conclusion of the installation rite, Moth celebrated a Pontifical Mass, with readings of the Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the Gospel reading on the sending of the 72 disciples in Luke.<\/p>\n<p>The cathedral authorities said the principal chalice used during the Mass dated from 1529 and was crafted in silver-gilt during the reign of King Henry VIII, just predating the Reformation.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the Pontifical Mass, the Te Deum was sung, and Moth was led around the Cathedral to bless the faithful, pausing briefly for prayer at the tomb of one of his predecessors, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p>In concluding words, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, shared words from Pope Leo XIV and expressed his gratitude to Cardinal Nichols. Noting that the installation fell on Valentine\u2019s Day, he prayed to the Lord that \u201clove would flourish over all\u201d during Moth\u2019s ministry in Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in December about his appointment, Moth said his first priority would be to <a href=\"https:\/\/rcdow.org.uk\/news\/bishop-richard-moth-appointed-new-archbishop-of-westminster\/\">listen<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rcdow.org.uk\/news\/bishop-richard-moth-appointed-new-archbishop-of-westminster\/\">widely<\/a> rather than carry out preconceived plans, and underlined that everything in the archdiocese must be <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatholicherald.com\/article\/archbishop-elect-richard-moth-on-his-plans-for-westminster-diocese\">rooted in prayer<\/a> and especially the Eucharist. <\/p>\n<p>He also spoke of a renewed commitment to bringing the Gospel into today\u2019s world, adapting how the faith is presented without altering its substance, and continuing \u201cthe great adventure that is the life of the Church and witness to the Gospel\u201d in Westminster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFan into flame the gift of God\u201d and courageously live out the gifts of the Holy Spirit to a world currently crying out for hope, Archbishop Richard Moth exhorted the faithful on Feb. 14 at his installation Mass at Westminster Cathedral. 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