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Many of you will have seen already this statement from our Ordinary, Mgr Keith Newton, and it deserves the widest support from Catholics and Anglicans.  After the unwise remarks of Lord Carey and Archbishop Tutu, it is a relief to … Continue reading →

  We don’t need to look in a dictionary for definitions of words which surround the end of life. ‘Death’ means coming to the end of your life, when your heart stops beating, and your brain ceases to function. ‘Killing’ … Continue reading →

At a clergy meeting I attended recently (nearly all the priests about my age) there was some concern expressed about the younger generation of seminarians. It seemed, some felt, that they were more conservative, in theology, dress and liturgy than ever … Continue reading →

I’m grateful to Monsignor Andrew Burnham for the following comment on my last post, which I publish with his permission. ”   On each side of the dialogue there has been a conventional interpretation of the ARCIC process which goes something … Continue reading →

  I want to be clear what I was and was not saying in my last post. A (kind) friend remarked that it was a bit like the writings of  a former Archbishop of Canterbury – sounded good, rather long, and … Continue reading →

My father grew up in a middle-class family in Plymouth in the 1930’s. One experience of this era as a child clearly remained with him all his life. His nurse, taking him for his afternoon walk, had asked my grandmother … Continue reading →