One of the ironies of life is that after a long wait for a bus, on a rainy night, not one comes along, but two! Well, cardinals, it seems, are a bit similar. In fact, there could easily have been three, but Cardinal Fitzgerald had a previous...
I think often about the people who are buried in this place. One has a sense of waiting with them for the resurrection of the dead. Cardinal Hume back there, Cardinal Heenan just here, Cardinal Cormac over there. I think most of us know Cardinal...
On a sunny mid-September evening, nearly 20 priests and three transitional deacons received their Sacred Theology Baccalaureates from Mater Ecclesiae College. A further 16 priests, who were unable to attend, were also awarded the degree. Many of...
We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular solidarity with the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters: the poor, the disabled, the unborn and the sick,...
After a day of searing heat, it was a pleasant change for the weather in Lourdes to turn somewhat, with a cooler and drizzly day. But the pilgrims did not allow it it dampen their spirits as proved when all gathered for a group photo in the...