My old boss the Archbishop of Westminster will not unusually be leading the annual diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes which begins Sunday This in spite of it being the 150th anniversary of the apparitions and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O rsquo Connor rsquo s last Lourdes pilgrimage as Archbishop of We

There is a story in the Independent newspaper -- not normally one to run a religious ldquo exclusive rdquo -- that the Catholic Church rsquo s policy faced with the Anglican meltdown is to do what it can to help Dr Rowan Williams to hold it together nbsp ldquo Pope rides to Rowan s rescue rdq

Over a number of weeks now the Liturgy has been offering readings from Romans 8 This chapter means to build on and reverse the disheartening reality of Chapter 7 highlighted in Paul famous saying I know what is right and I want what is right but I do what is wrong who will save me from th

I helped organise a rally around Parliament today which was a terrific reminder of what the Anglican faith is capable of when it is not mired in internal ecclesiological arguments A service at Westminster Abbey for Zimbabwe led by the Uganda-born Archbishop of York John Sentamu was followed by

Thank you for your thoughtful presentation of your ldquo conversion rdquo to the pro-life perspective and to the view that sex and the creation of human life are sacred acts I respect your willingness to challenge yourself and others to look at these issues directly I have gone through a similar

Thanks a lot for your wonderful article It strikes me because it rsquo s based on a life journey not an intellectual black or white good or bad demonizing-the ndash other simplistic fight over arguments I remain however puzzled on why so many pro-life committed Christians seem so less enthusias

This is a great article I would like to hear from a former atheist or convert to Catholicism regarding the issue of contraception I have a Catholic friend who sees no problem with using contraception but she is against abortion However she used to make exceptions for rape and incest but she is

nbsp For months now John McCain has been calling Barack Obama na iuml ve or worse for suggesting that a timetable for withdrawal of U S forces from Iraq was not only possible but desirable Obama rsquo s contention has been that only a timetable will force the kind of political solution nbsp t

Anglican drama moves this week to the northern English campus of York University where the five-day Synod is deliberating on the traditionally divisive issue of women bishops There is no question that the Church of England will shortly have them the issue this week is whether traditionalist Angli

The story of one woman's journey from pro-choice atheist to pro-life Catholic