Honourable members of the Siemas, your Excellencies, Sisters, ladies and gentlemen,
It is a privilege to address you today. Thank you for the invitation and for your commitment in the fight against the evil of slavery.Â
I come here to repre...
Given at the Special Conference held at the United Nations on 7 April 2016 on the combatting of human trafficking and modern slavery.Â
Mr President, Your Excellencies, Sisters, ladies and gentlemen,Â
I am honoured to address you this after...
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In recent months I have met and talked with two people directly involved in the drama of the recruitment by ISIS of young people in this country. From their different perspectives, one in the context of a charity and the other in formal work...
Last Sunday I celebrated my 70th birthday. It is supposed to be quite a landmark. I thoroughly enjoyed the moment except for the realisation that this marks the halfway mark in my allotted years here as Archbishop, God willing. That bothered me, b...
In Evangelli Gaudium, Pope Francis tells us: 'In all the baptized, from first to last, the sanctifying power of the Spirit is at work, impelling us to evangelization. The people of God is holy thanks to this anointing...(EG 119)'.
In Anoint...