Mary’s Dowry
During his inaugural address, Bishop Philip Egan the new Bishop of Portsmouth has urged Catholics to fight “the strangling counter-culture of death”. Specifically he spoke about how we as Christians...
View ArticleThe scandal of the Navity
I was trying to work out why the media seem to have focussed on the Pope’s thoughts about the appropriateness of the ox and the ass in the nativity scene. It really is something of a non-story,...
View ArticleBeyond Benedict
I think that I’m in agreement with Fr Ray’s conceit that our outgoing Pope has left us a legacy of concepts, as follows: the idea that there is a correct and incorrect interpretation of Vatican II, he...
View ArticleFrancis Fever
It could be my misanthropic side or maybe I’ve just got a very short attention span or perhaps a combination of the two, means that I’m hoping that Francis fever will shortly subside, once the...
View ArticleCatholic women rising
Okay, so this is a bit of an experiment, but I’d really like it to catch on and would also like the support of the entire Catholic blogosphere, certainly in the UK and what an amazing thing if this...
View ArticleA dissenting voice
An interesting comment appeared in response to my post about the Catholic Women Rising project, stating that I am never going to manage to attempt to get every Catholic woman to sign up. Maybe not,...
View ArticleWomen as Witnesses
For those who haven’t seen it over there, here’s my thoughts on the remarks made at Pope Francis’ General Audience today. This theme of women and motherhood and what that means, is going to need much...
View ArticleThere’s absolutely no contradiction between being a feminist and a Catholic
Taken from the Catholic Universe 3 November 2013 I was privileged to be asked to participate in the BBC’s 100 women conference this week, which was the culmination of a season of programming and online...
View ArticleCatholic blogging
Both the Catholic Herald’s Op Ed and Bishop Egan’s press release, firmly hit the button when it comes to Catholic blogging and social media. It’s balance that all of us have struggled to achieve at...
View ArticleLife, light and love
So many unnecessary pixels are wasted on the ethics of social media, upon what people should say and how they should say it. Here’s an inspirational young Catholic woman who is putting Evangeli Gaudium...
View ArticleThe scandal of the Navity
I was trying to work out why the media seem to have focussed on the Pope’s thoughts about the appropriateness of the ox and the ass in the nativity scene. It really is something of a non-story,...
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