With sadness we announce the news of the death on Monday 2 Fr Dominic died peacefully in the Royal Free Hospital where he had been for the past few weeks. He was born in Dublin on 21 Condolences are extended to Fr Dominic's family, friends,...
Today I remember many of the joys of my years of service in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Some of them brought me close to the history of the re-establishment of Catholic life in the country after the Reformation. I recall that the first meeting...
In May we celebrated the joyful coronation of King Charles III when he took the Oath to cause Law and Justice in Mercy. After his Coronation, he was presented with the Jewelled Sword, known as the Sword of Offering or the Sword of State. This...
Let us begin with the First Reading. What an immense gift - the reassurance and consolation it proclaims: God is not like us! In God we find none of our characteristics as fallen women and men: "My thoughts are not your thoughts. My ways are...
Here at the Grotto, we gather at the feet of Mary, our Blessed Mother. We come to her with our troubles and our joys. We salute her - 'Hail Mary!' - as the one who is 'full of grace', who carried within her the Incarnate Word of God,...