Art of Dying or Living?
This last week, a conference was held in Flanders, Belgium. Hosted, as it is every year by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Onclin...
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Book of Numbers?
It seems that no matter where one looks in the UK and Ireland, the talk is of decline in numbers: mass attendances etc, etc. This has...
Who do people say I am?
Previous posts have referred to the precarious relationship between the papacy and the media. In recent days other social media sites...
Acedia?
A short time ago, I heard of an exchange of communication between Blessed Paul VI and the late Cardinal Basil Hume OSB. The Holy Father...
Learning to say Goodbye?
Drawing upon the text of Lumen Gentium, the Catechism reminds us that the office of bishop is lifelong and requires the exercise of...
Permissible Prejudice?
The Equal Treatment Directive (2006/54/EC) extended the principle of equality in the workplace. In doing so, it afforded protection to a...
Accused in waiting?
If some years ago, I had ventured to ask a lawyer to explain to me the "presumption of innocence", I would doubtless have received an...
Service or dominion?
In his Rule, St Benedict makes a good deal of both individual and communal responsibility: all are called to participate in a 'school of...
The Court of Popular Opinion?
As media coverage continues to rage about Pope Francis' handling of the Barros case, I received a report of a recent broadcast from EWTN....
Franciscan poverty?
The weeks following the papal visit to Latin America have been dominated by the reportage of his "defence" of an accused bishop. As far...
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