Joe and I had a lovely conversation last week about Gloria and himself. Rather than a formal eulogy, Joe asked me just to tell you what he said, so I am happy to do that. Gloria Belli worked with the Castelvecchi’s at the moorings, in the bakery. Then she worked...

Margaret’s many remarkable qualities and abilities remind me of some of those spectacular mosaics you see in both ancient and modern buildings. The colours and proportions of the mosaic emphasize its more salient features but require that you stand back to take in the whole. Any fair hearing of the...

  January-Peace

So, the 2025 Jubilee Year, was officially inaugurated on Christmas Eve by Pope Francis when he opened the holy door in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. He has given it the theme of “Pilgrims of Hope.” Bishop Frank Dougan gave the official start to the holy year in our...

“Catholic Families for Life” Newsletter from the National Commission for Marriage, Family and Life – latest version can be found at www.marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk

To me, Jane Dell was one of the “realest” people I have ever known. She was wonderfully and unapologetically just herself. That meant that you had to take whatever was on offer in any particular exchange, and Jane never left you in any doubt as to what that was on...

Pontius Pilate represents all secular power and justice but in its tragic claim to subject the Truth of Christ, the Truth who is Christ, to the perverse standard of human pride. He is aided and abetted, in fact he is cynically manipulated, by the corrupt religious power of the time:...