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Full text of Baroness Warsi’s speech at the Vatican

February 15th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Your Eminences. Excellencies. Reverend Fathers. Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an immense honour for me to stand here today... ...in what is, for more than a billion people, the spiritual capital of the world. And it is a further privilege to lead the largest ever ministerial delegation from the United Kingdom to the Holy See. To celebrate the relationship between our two states: The oldest formal diplomatic relationship in my country’s history. ...and today, one of the strongest. Our diplomatic relationship began here in 1479, only a short distance from where we now stand. For reasons we all know too well, we broke diplomatic relations... ...only to ... continue reading.

Tommy’s life had a triumvirate of values

February 3rd, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

— The late Tommy Burns’ life was rooted in his great love for football, his family and the Catholic Faith... continue reading.

I will keep the Faith of our fathers

January 20th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

— Recommendations for the Year of Faith prompt us to renew our Faith and evangelise, just not as I did... continue reading.

Liturgical changes strike a chord

January 13th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

— Church music is an opportunity to find guided harmony and unity, not a time for personal preferences... continue reading.

Massacre of the Innocents

January 9th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Reflection on the 2011 Christmas Day car bombing atrocity in Madalla, Nigeria, written by Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja ... continue reading.

Anti-Catholicism old and new in 2012

January 6th, 2012 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

— The Scottish Government legislated last year on sectarianism around football but secularism is the real enemy at the gate, says David Kerr... continue reading.

Christmas and New Year message from Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow

December 21st, 2011 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow focuses on the effects of the recession, identifying the anxiety and real poverty affecting many households and fears for the future. He reflects on similar experiences witnessed during his recent trip to Bethlehem, where the poverty of Christ’s birth is still mirrored in the deprivations of the Christian and Muslim population... continue reading.

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All I want for Christmas is for ‘OAPs’

December 9th, 2011 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

— Our society is forever sidelining and neglecting senior citizens, a group which most of us will belong to one day... continue reading.

We must remember, small is beautiful

December 2nd, 2011 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

— The principles of Pope Leo XIII’s 120-year-old encyclical can still guide us through the economic crisis, says DAVID KERR... continue reading.

Anti-Catholic succession law must go

November 25th, 2011 | comments icon 1 COMMENT

— Recent reforms to UK laws are but a by-product of PM’s pandering, the fact remains that Catholics are still barred from the throne... continue reading.

Bishop Toal’s letter on Year of Faith

November 24th, 2011 | comments icon 0 COMMENTS

The Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, president of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland's Liturgy Commission, writes as the new English translation of the Roman Missal comes fully into use this weekend on the first Sunday of Advent... continue reading.