Leading Article in THE TIMES, 18 May 2019 The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. There are few more vulnerable than children suffering from serious mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism. That makes our report today into the way that some vulnerable children are…
Author: Fr. Michael Campion
Obituary: Jean Vanier 1928-2019
By Maggie Ferguson in THE TABLET, 7 May 2019 Jean Vanier was a spiritual giant. Those who lived and worked with him spoke of his almost palpable holiness; many considered him a living saint. He was unmoved by such accolades. Profoundly humble, what he longed for was to help people to know and live…
Homily, Fourth Sunday of Easter 2019
This Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday because the Gospel and other Scripture readings for Mass use the image of a shepherd to describe God’s care of us. Christ is the Shepherd who risked everything to protect us and ensure that we have the best possible relationship with a loving God.…
Homily, Third Sunday of Easter (C) 2019
The Gospel Reading for Mass today – John 21:1-19 - describes the first meeting between Peter and Jesus after the resurrection. The last time they had seen each other was when Jesus had been arrested and Peter betrayed him three times. In betraying Jesus, Peter was no different from Judas who also betrayed Jesus. Yet,…
Middle class are seen as sinners, says schools chief
By Nicola Woolcock, Education Correspondent, in THE TIMES, 3 May 2019 Being middle class is now seen as a sin rather than a virtue, the head of a private schools’ group said yesterday. Barnaby Lenon, the former headmaster of Harrow School, criticised the way in which parents were judged harshly for paying for their children’s education…
THE ELECTION OF POPE FRANCIS: AN INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CONCLAVE THAT CHANGED HISTORY By Gerard O’Connell
By Michael Sean Winters in The National Catholic Reporter (USA), 29 April 2019 Somewhere out there is a cardinal who has excommunicated himself latae sententiae! That is the conclusion one draws from reading Gerard O'Connell's newly published The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Account of the Conclave that Changed History. We all have theories about what…
Homily, Second Sunday of Easter (C) 2019
This Thursday will be the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance master who died on 2 May 1519. Perhaps best known for his painting The Mona Lisa, Leonardo is widely considered to be one of the greatest polymaths in human history, being an inventor, artist, musician, architect, engineer, anatomist,…
The young are teaching us true leadership
By Alice Thomson in THE TIMES, 24 April 2019 Greta Thunberg has been derided as a “millenarian weirdo”. The campaigning Swedish schoolgirl is being called out by middle-aged men on social media for her “monotone voice” and hounded for the “look of apocalyptic dread in her eyes” as if she were some bizarre cult leader.…
If immigration was the problem, Brexit wasn’t a practical solution
By David Smith in THE TIMES, 24 April 2019 A bit of a debate has been running on Twitter about the extent to which the vote to leave the European Union was driven by immigration. It is unresolved: most of the evidence suggests that immigration was a key factor, but far from the only one,…
Bannon’s emerging anti-Francis movement threatens church unity
By the Editorial Staff of The National Catholic Reporter (USA), 23 April 2019 Pope Francis, known for kissing the feet of Muslims, warning about the dangers of fossil fuels, and speaking prophetically on the spiritual death of wall building, has earned a reputation as the anti-Trump. What we've learned about Donald Trump over the past…
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