There is a question, I think, that most of us have to ask ourselves at some stage in life and how we answer it shapes our lives. It is: “Is Jesus Christ who He says He is?” Most people respond with either Yes, He is, or No, he is not. However, for some of us…
Author: Fr Michael Campion
Marie-Elsa Bragg – Bound in grief
by Peter Stanford in THE TABLET, 7 December 2019 The writer – and daughter of a high-profile father – says that the tragedy of her mother’s suicide has been the making of her as an Anglican priest Marie-Elsa Bragg “If I wasn’t a priest,” reflects Marie-Elsa Bragg, “I wouldn’t be publishing this book.” On the…
Second Sunday of Advent: Change from the ground up
From Mary M. McGlone in the National Catholic Reporter (USA), 7 December 2019 What's not to love about John the Baptist? Frankly, just about everything if you happen to be the object of his acidic critiques. But John was a big hit among certain folks. Matthew tells us, "Jerusalem, all Judea, and the whole region…
Clericalism at heart of sex abuse crisis, says cardinal
By Junno Arocho Esteves, CNS in THE TABLET, 22 February 2019: The abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is a call for bishops to unmask the deep-seated clericalism that placed protection of the institution of the church above the sufferings of victims, said the head of the council of Latin American bishops. Addressing Pope Francis…
