Cardinal Nichols, speaking shortly after the Requiem Mass in St Peter's Square for Pope Benedict XVI, described the funeral as in one way 'a straightforward celebration of a Funeral Mass', in another way, a uniquely historical event 'of great...
'May the Lord let his face shine on you, Holy Father.' This is surely the prayer we raise to heaven this night for our dear Pope Emeritus. The very same blessing as we hear the Lord bestow on the sons of Israel, we ask him now to bestow on this...
Think, for a moment, of your first glimpse of a person you love. You remember so clearly the time and the place. Think of those treasured moments of life: a wedding, a birth, a child's first day at school. The event and the place are bound...
In these days, and as we approach the Feast of Christmas, we enter into one of the great dramas of the life of faith. By this I mean the drama of faithful obedience to the One who alone is all truth. This evening's readings highlight this...