PRAYER VIGIL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid Saturday, 20 August 2011 Dear Young Friends, I greet all of you, especially the young people who have asked me their questions, and I thank them for the sinread more
MEETING WITH YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Basilica of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial Friday, 19 August 2011 Your Eminence, My Brother Bishops, Dear Augustinian Fathers, Dear Professors, Distinguished Authorread more
THE WAY OF THE CROSS ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Plaza de Cibeles, MadridFriday, 19 August 2011 Dear Young People,We have celebrated this Way of the Cross with fervour and devotion, following Christ along the path of his passion and death. The coread more
One year ago in Birmingham Benedict XVI proclaimed blessed the English theologian John Henry Newman Today the word is used in various ways so that the defender of truth in our hearts, “the aboriginal Vicar of Christ”, has become a pretext for legitimiread more
Has Europe lost its soul to the markets? by Chief Rabbi Lord Sachs (Published in The Times, 12th December 2011) The British Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks called for an alliance between Jews and Christians against the “aggressively secularising forces at read more
An Advent Narrative Dominic Robinson SJ “Our Advent hope is assured and joyful, because Christ longs to be one with us.” Dominic Robinson SJ offers a reflection on the season of Advent in light of Pope Benedict’s first Encyclical, Deus Caritas est. read more
The challenge of the Incarnation Sarah Broscombe As we enter the season of Advent, we begin to contemplate how we respond in our daily lives to God’s gift of himself to the world. How, why and what do we give? Sarah Broscombe offers a meditation from thread more
Catholic education in Scotland is secure for as long as parents understand and are committed to the particular form of education which Catholic schools offer. Head Teachers of Catholic schools have been encouraged by the Church for many years now to read more
In recent weeks and months some of us may felt disturbed by some of the things we have read and heard being said about our faith and about the Church. On occasions we may have felt bewildered by claims and accusations, by negative and hostile voices andread more
This article appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer on Friday 6th September 2013. This is the time of year when it begins to dawn on us that we have left summer behind and we start gearing up mentally for shorter days and colder weather. (At least tread more
