I had been due to arrive in Milan around lunchtime but, thanks to the world’s self-appointed “favourite” airline, I didn’t

Over the weekend I provided cover in a parish which had recently lost its resident priest. I was hearing about

Something I read as a teenager has always stayed with me. A French Carmelite, when asked about her motivation for

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On the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, I reflect on the darkness engulfing Ireland. It is the feast of

On Monday I celebrated the newly instituted feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. I think it is a beautiful

There is a comic novel by AN Wilson called Kindly Light in which Norman Shotover, a priest from the fictional

I have been asked to give a talk on Benedict’s XVI’s theology of the liturgy. I am not quite sure

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On the Third Sunday of Easter I visit St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, for High Mass. I was last in the