WHY DO we have an ambassador to the Holy See? How does ‘our man in the Vatican’ spend his days? Those are typical questions that Britain’s new ambassador, Nigel Baker, has had to...
ALTHOUGH in the Gospel narrative the Baptism of Our Lord is immediately followed by His temptation in the desert, liturgically there is a gap of some weeks between the feast of the Baptism, and the...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: I am a 52-year-old woman married to a 50-year-old man; we have three marvellous children. I have dedicated my whole life and love to my husband and children. As a reward, I was...
FOR US CHRISTIANS, the birth of Jesus is of untold significance. When we celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas in our communities, the warmth and joy of the festive season contaminates everything...
THE POOR have the Gospel preached to them. Anthony quotes this remark of our Lord in his Commentary on the Gospel for the second Sunday in Advent. In a way, it sums up the whole mission of...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: To my disappointment I discovered at the beginning of this year that I was pregnant. As a mother of three children, and already on in years (I am 48), the situation created...
