I was warmly welcomed by Inayat and Anisa. Inayat, a young man and student at Newman Catholic College, whose name means 'bounty, kindness, favour', enthusiastically introduced me to other groups of young people at the Syrian Summer Camp. Anisa,...
Given at the Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, 14
These last three months have been a very testing time. Whatever words we use: 'lock down', 'social distancing', 'self-isolation', they all point to pressure on our…
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...