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Family Responsibility?

Today marks the commemoration of the Holy Family. In this feast we are not only confronted with the humanity of Jesus the infant but also...

Mater et Magister?

With the demands of Christmas preparations, the "Netflix" film: "Two Popes" may have eluded some. Declaring itself to be "based on true...

Something to contemplate?

I was recently approached for advice in connection with a small but vibrant community of sisters. As a consequence, I was required to...

An "ology"?

Some years ago, a UK based telecoms provider published a marketing campaign on national television; its theme: 'keeping in touch'. The...

Rites of participation?

For those of a certain vintage, the term 'start as you mean to go on' will be familiar enough. Experience also confirms that it is not...

Do, re, mi, me, me (just me)?

Media coverage over this past weekend has raised some interesting questions. News of a conference at Trinity College Dublin, reports...

A most clerical layman?

As any informed observer will confirm, vocabulary in the Church is, like any other social community, subject to change. Take by way of...

Idolatry of Self?

A mainstream English broadsheet newspaper recently reported on the Amazon Synod. The feature recalled one of the indigenous peoples as...

Smoke and Mirrors?

Whilst the secular domestic media is dominated by the "Brexit" saga, the "Catholic" press is awash with theories concerning the funding...

Cor ad Cor Loquitur?

In two days time, Blessed John Henry Newman will join the ranks of those recognised by the Church as having attained sanctity. If it has...