Cardinal John Henry Newman has been declared a saint by Pope Francis. The open-air canonisation Mass took place in St Peter's Square on Sunday 13
The official celebrations for the canonisation of John Henry Newman began on Saturday 12
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The Oratory School, founded by Cardinal Newman on 2 May 1859, celebrated its 150th Anniversary with a Mass of Thanksgiving, in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 2 May 2009, that concluded with the reading of a Papal Blessing from Pope Benedict XVI...
The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, received an honorary doctoral degree from Birmingham City University, during an Awards Congregation, held at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, on Monday 15 February, writes Peter Jennings.
I was recently struck by the parallels between the need for prayer and the need for open communication in marriage and family life when re-reading Fr Bernard Basset's (SJ) little book Let's Start Praying Again. Published in 1970, Fr Basset pai...
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...