Wijngaards Institute’s tribute to its founder John (Hans) Wijngaard, 1935-2025

MasterChef; Conor McGregor; Donald Trump: Gregg Wallace is in big trouble. After twenty years of being a central character on TV with MasterChef, he has been called out, for his…

Eating Together, Becoming One by Thomas O’Loughlin has won First Place in the “Ecumenism or Interfaith Relations” category in the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada’s 2020 Book Awards. We extend our congratulations to Tom.

Pope Francis called on theologians to explore whether Catholic practice should be changed to allow Christians, belonging to other churches, to share fully at the table when they take part in a eucharist celebrated by Catholics. Thomas O’Loughlin argues that the various ways of thinking about what we are doing in the liturgy should lead us to see intercommunion as enhancing our participation in the mystery of the church and the mystery we celebrate.

Links to “The Two Popes” interviews with Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce and director Fernando Meirelle.

Sir Anthony Hopkins – “…. The religious politics of two opposing forces coming together, opposing opinions. Today we are not allowed to have an opinion, you have to be this or that, if you’re not this you are the enemy and it’s pathetic. This is what we live with today in this world …. You don’t believe what I say, then you’re bad, …. come on , grow up, we are all going to die, no one is perfect ….”

A THIRSTY LAND: It has even rained here (on Tuesday). The Algarve. It was a deluge. We went out covered in towels! It was a sight worth seeing if anyone could…

See comments in Today’s Homily Resource (above). Colleen Gibson’s article from the Global Sisters Report: … Phoebe appears in Paul’s letter to the Romans, in which he exhorts the Romans:…

News from the Universal Synod (Midway Point) The second assembly of the universal Synod on synodality is now at its halfway point and there has been much news coming from…