My brothers and sisters, I often smile whenever the words from the musical 'Sweet Charity' come to mind: 'And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat, Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet.' I say this because sometimes I...
Diocese Westminster � Cardinal's Message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity This Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has as its theme 'Love the Lord your God and love your neighbour as yourself'. It's a theme that takes us directly...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ, Coming to church today all of us will have made the Sign of the Cross, at least once. We did so at the opening words of the Mass. Many will also have done so on entering the church, using the holy water...
On Wednesday, Lent begins. I write today to give you every possible encouragement to use these weeks of Lent to refresh and deepen your faith. As we have just heard from the Book of Leviticus: 'Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy'...
One of the treasures of the English College in Rome is an atlas; an old atlas. It is dated 1570; and it is beautiful. The College opened just nine years later; so that atlas must have been bought to show the students where to go once they got...