Cardinal Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference, appeared on Pause for Thought this morning on BBC Radio 2 and spoke about Pope Francis’ legacy and the way in which he “expressed himself as much in gestures as in words”. Listen…
Today the churches will be full. That may not be so every Sunday, but today is different. It is one of those key days, along with Ash Wednesday, when an instinct, lodged deeply in the human soul, finds expression. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday,…
On each day of this Holy Week, we are keeping our eyes firmly fixed on Jesus. He is the great leader and teacher of life. In him, we find the deepest truths of our humanity. From him, we learn how to live, without fear, fully in the sight of God,…
In this solemn Mass of Chrism, our eyes are firmly fixed on the person of Jesus, the anointed one, the Christ. It is he, the anointed High Priest, who gives us, the Church, our fundamental character and mission. Today we seek renewal in our…
The Acts of the Apostles records that in the earliest days, as the message of Jesus was preached and it spread across the Mediterranean lands and beyond, questions arose and there were tensions and divisions among those who came to the faith. In…