The late, great Cardinal Basil Hume OSB, when ordaining new priests in the Diocese of Westminster, used always to remark on how people would presume that the men being ordained had been tested to see if they were strong enough. No, suggested Dom B...
Latin American Meeting on New Slavery and Human Trafficking: Together against Trafficking in Persons at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires on the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, 8
Today, all over the world, Catholic people are celebratin...
By Fr Mark Vickers
Congress Day: Saturday, 8 September
In the second of three parts, Fr Mark Vickers reviews the events of the Congress, which took place on the second day, pointing out the many riches explored in the keynote addresses, test...
On Tuesday 30
The gathering was opened by Diocesan Youth Chaplain Fr Mark Walker, who thanked the nearly 90 young people for coming to hear the reflections of the Cardinal and to discuss them with their peers.
He led the audience in
The Car...
by Cardinal Vincent Nichols
My memories of sunshine in August may now have faded, but the sense of shock and shame that marked that month have not. In many ways it has been the most disturbing of times in the life of the Church for 50 years. Th...