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  • 6 Dec 2012
    A day of prayer for the Middle East

    At their recent plenary meeting, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales reflected on the tragedy afflicting Syria and Gaza.

  • 15 Jan 2011
    Archbishop welcomes move to beatify John Paul II

    The Catholic Archbishop of Westminster has welcomed the announcement by the Pope that the late John Paul II will be beatified on 1 May in Rome.

  • 4 Oct 2010
    A Quaker communion of saints

    The Communion of Saints is not a term which comes readily to a Quaker's tongue. But an encounter with two Friends – one living and one three centuries dead - has prompted me to look past the difficulty of these words in search of their true meaning.

  • 2 Apr 2010
    Good Friday: travelling towards hope

    The seventh and final installment in a series of 2010 Lent and Holy Week blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 25 Mar 2010
    Iona, Coventry and hospitality in the city

    The sixth in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 19 Mar 2010
    Wales - land of saints, comrades and friends

    The fifth in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 18 Mar 2010
    Glendalough - an awareness of ancient wisdom

    The fourth in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 10 Mar 2010
    'Ungodly' questions Down Under over Saint-to-be

    Australia - described in the 19th century by a Scottish church minister as "the most Godless place under heaven" - will get its first Catholic saint later this year.

  • 4 Mar 2010
    Crossing many paths in Ireland

    The third in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 24 Feb 2010
    Celtic Christianity revisited

    The second in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.