And yet St Paul - ever expecting the axe to fall on all Christians - did not have quite the poise of Jesus when it came to e.g. marriage and the practicalities of family life. Hence his peremptory pr
I concur completely with Soline’s analysis. These attitudes and mindsets towards women that she describes are so deeply systemic that most are not even aware of it. These have become normal in the C
Thanks, Brendan, for this brilliant piece. I wonder if Rowan Williams had a role in this. He is a great advertisement for the sanity of religion and I think was the dedicatee of one of WIlson's books.
A lovely imaginative retelling of the gospel story. I like the depiction of Bartimaeus’ initial hesitation to follow Jesus on the way. It will be a great help to people’s prayerful reflection on a
The Final Document attempts to give a feel of concrete achievement by listing specific items, none of which is particularly striking.
“The areas of the life and mission of the Church that they hav
Predictably this report has been met with scepticism by survivor advocacy groups in the USA. A New York Times report also points out that Hans Zollner SJ, a leading papal adviser on child safeguarding
PS To comment No 7.
I meant to add this but I forgot to do so:
We are doing a painting job in the Church here. We struggled to agree colours. We questioned each other's taste. Eventually we r
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