It's already a full year since Pope Francis prayed for the whole world in that haunting and poignant televised service in a rainy, dark St Peter's Square. For many of us watching, whether we were people of explicit faith or not, the simple...
In his homily for the First Sunday of Lent, Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, has preached about the need for peace in the country and hope for the future, in which he calls for a 'fasting from anger': 'The contemporary events...
'Good King Wenceslas looked out, On the Feast of Stephen...' You will recognise the carol, no doubt, which tells a story about another saint, Wenceslas, but have you ever wondered why we celebrate Stephen on day after Christmas? Why, no...
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor was born on 24 August 1932 in Reading, Berkshire, the fifth son of Dr George Murphy-O'Connor and his wife, Ellen.
His brothers Brian and Patrick were priests of the...
This year we are pilgrims to Lourdes, but from home. This unique Westminster pilgrimage comes as we begin to ease out of the pandemic which we have been living through. But the COVID19 virus rages in many countries of the world causing life-changi...