As leaders of faith communities we wish to express our concern at the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill, which will be debated by MPs on 29th November. We are aware of how complex and weighty this topic is. There are many dimensions to the…
The parish church and the community that gathersthere for Mass are, for many Catholics, at the heart oftheir religious identity. It is the place where parishionersaccompany each other and those in their widercommunity, creating a sense of shared…
As St Paul explains in his Letter tothe Corinthians, ‘For now we seein a mirror, dimly, but then we willsee face to face’ (1 Cor 13.12). Itis by walking this spiritual path,overcoming trials and tribulationsin all types of terrain and…
On this feast in 1830, St John Henry Newman preached a sermon ‘Vanity of Human Glory’. He said that while ‘little is known’ of these saints, an important lesson can be drawn from their example: ‘to do our duty without aiming at the…
1974 is a such a long time ago. 50 years, back to Cardinal Heenan. We have seen so many profound changes in this land and in our lives. But one presence does not change: that of our Lord Jesus Christ, his Gospel and his promise to be with us…