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Gavin Ashenden

‘Another day, another doctrine’ – Podcast 26 on same-sex marriage in the Church of England
November 18, 2022
As the Anglican Bishop of Oxford, Steven Croft, makes the case for the Church of England allowing same-sex marriage, Father Dwight Longenecker, the acclaimed U.S. author and speaker, talks to Dr Gavin Ashenden about what is understood by marriage in the Catholic Church. This 26th episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast series for the Catholic
Synodality – an exercise in misreading St John Henry Newman and ‘Lumen gentium’
November 16, 2022
One consequence of writing for the Catholic Herald on the Synodal process is that it seems to make some people excitably angry. When Socrates urged on his listeners the important aphorism “know thyself”, the early Greeks had to attempt the process without the advantage of Twitter. I have had an advantage that earlier generations lacked
The Synodal Way offers nothing more than ‘quasi-Marxist content in a spiritual comfort blanket’
November 09, 2022
Ex-Anglicans have seen these tricks played on the Church before, writes Gavin Ashenden In a recent article in another Catholic publication, the prominent Catholic intellectual and biographer of Pope Francis, Austin Ivereigh has expressed anxieties about the influence of ex-Anglicans offering advice on the Synodal process to the journalist Christopher Lamb.   Austin Ivereigh himself is much
Confessions of an ex-LGBT activist
November 07, 2022
It was an awkward moment. “Fr” Colin had led the LGBT activist movement in the Church of England for decades. Every General Synod he would be found picketing the bishops, clergy and lay people for LGBT rights, and the recognition of gay marriage.  As I arrived at this series of meetings as a member of the
The Vatican’s new Synod document radically overturns Christian teaching
November 01, 2022
The ‘Working Document for the Continental Stage’ of the Synodal Way must be exposed as the Trojan horse of heresy that is, writes Gavin Ashenden “All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down,” claimed Nietzsche.  The culture wars are no friend
Children are not safe in a society ‘possessed by genitalia’
October 27, 2022
The Germans are finally in a position to take their revenge for the world-famous Fawlty Towers sketch where they are remorselessly mocked by Basil Fawlty who maniacally declaims “Don’t mention the war”. The University of Cambridge is attempting to impose its woke ideology on German grammar. It is usual to try to learn and communicate
New laws to ban prayer outside abortion clinics are disproportionate and farcical
October 20, 2022
Is it only Catholics who care about the unborn? asks Gavin Ashenden One of the more horrific parts of Catholic history in these islands was the extent to which the English state went to outlaw the Catholic Mass. The arrest, torture and execution of Catholics left a deep stain on the conscience and reputation of
Is the Synodal Way a hostile take-over of the Church?
October 18, 2022
Of all the voices raised in warning about an imminent coup threatening the Catholic Church, former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith Gerhard Cardinal Müller’s might have been thought to be the least likely. The unequivocal language he resorted to in his warning of what he believed was a de facto “Vatican
A lesson from history: recusant architecture and the Latin Mass
September 26, 2022
The priest hole in England was the secret place built into a home, behind a staircase or fire place, where Catholic priests who were invited to celebrate the Latin mass were hidden from the authorities. The Protestant Elizabethan state accused both the priests who celebrated the Latin mass and those who hid them of treason.
The rich significance of Tolkien’s classic
September 23, 2022
It is only because Frodo shows mercy to Gollum that Gollum is free to play his part in the consummation of Frodo’s courage, carrying the ring into the flames in spite of Frodo’s frailties
Why Kings are better than Presidents
September 13, 2022
It provides a symbolic, psychological and spiritual restraint on the raw ambitions of politicians
On Her Majesty’s spiritual service
September 08, 2022
Following the death of Her Majesty Gavin Ashenden recalls his days as a member of the Royal Ecclesiastical Household
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