Bishop Declan Lang leads celebration of marriage
Bishop of Clifton presides at Mass attended by couples celebrating significant anniversaries
View ArticleThis is a time for passionate language; Cardinal O’Brien and Dr Sentamu are...
The controversy over gay “marriage” is increasingly becoming a defining struggle in the culture wars of our times. Those who are opposed to it believe that if legally enacted it would further...
View ArticleCardinal O’Brien: same-sex marriage would be a ‘great wrong’ like slavery
Cardinal Keith O’Brien has compared the introduction of same-sex marriage to the legalisation of slavery.He made the comment in an article for the Telegraph in which he said the repercussions of such...
View ArticleMarriage: it’s time to clear away the fog
Can a man marry a man? Can a woman marry a woman? Can a man simultaneously marry several women, or a woman several men? Can a man simultaneously marry several men, or a woman several women? Can a man...
View ArticleMarriage fights poverty far better than government does
So, the debate about gay marriage is hotting up. This Sunday every Catholic church in the land will hear a pastoral letter on the subject which you can read here, if you want to get a preview. It is a...
View ArticleWeaker appreciation of marriage is harming society, says Pope
Permissive attitudes toward sex, cohabitation before marriage and acceptance of same-sex marriage can damage individuals and are harmful for society, Pope Benedict XVI has told a group of US bishops at...
View ArticleKnowing that death and judgment are round the corner tends to put our...
There was a short item in the Telegraph for Wednesday, with the headline: “Save your marriage by thinking of death”. That’s the kind of item that compels you to read on with morbid fascination. If it...
View ArticleUnregistered weddings, or cohabitation with a religious blessing, are a legal...
For a real eye-opener of an article, from the Guardian’s Comment is Free section, do have a look at this.What Muslims get up to in their mosques and in their Sharia councils is, of course, completely...
View ArticleHaving children is not for dummies
I have to take issue with journalist Petronella Wyatt. I am reluctant to do so as I am also a woman engaged in journalism and I want to be loyal to the sisterhood. But her recent article in the Daily...
View ArticleThe gay marriage debate has made us evaluate what marriage is for
A short video has just been produced by a new Australian lobby group calling itself “What is Marriage?” Posing the obvious question, “What doesn’t and never has needed legislation is love....
View ArticleReligious leaders must join forces to defend marriage
I have just been reading Jonathan Sacks’ The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning. He asks a key question: “When we lose God what else do we lose?” and provides one answer, among...
View ArticleTwo women and a man enter a civil partnership in Brazil
Two women and a man have entered into a civil partnership in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.Legal recognition of the three-way relationship follows a decision by the Latin American country to extend...
View ArticleCongratulations to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Today they mark 65...
Congratulations to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh who have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary today. It is a significant achievement. I don’t mean the longevity aspect which is out of their...
View ArticleIs it too late to save marriage?
Since I wrote my blog on Monday, about the Coalition’s proposed legislation to redefine marriage, the subject has still been dominating the newspaper headlines. The Guardian today has, “Ukip plans to...
View ArticleSix things to pray for in 2013
This is the period when newspapers publish their round-ups of important events of the year that had passed, and their predictions for the year that is to come. Rather than try something similar, I...
View ArticleBishops’ briefing on same-sex marriage Bill: full text
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Briefing to Members of Parliament on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) BillTuesday 29th January 2013We urge Members to oppose this legislation at...
View ArticleMick Philpott’s crimes have nothing to do with Catholicism
There is nothing funny about the disturbing story of Mick Philpott, the father convicted of killing six of his children by setting fire to his home. But when I read the Daily Mail’s investigative...
View ArticleAs a Catholic priest in Britain I have to drag couples down the aisle
The Pope’s book, written when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, is out next week, and I have seen an advance copy. The book is co-written with Rabbi Abraham Skorka, and is an exercise in...
View ArticleArchbishops say marriage Bill poses ‘grave risks’ to religious freedom
The Archbishops of Westminster and Southwark have urged MPs to “think again” about the consequences of the same-sex marriage Bill being considered in Parliament next week. Archbishop Vincent Nichols...
View ArticleWhen it comes to weddings we should follow Keira Knightley’s example
Did you hear that Keira Knightley was going to get married? No, neither had I until it had already happened. But early last month, she married her partner James Righton in the south of France with the...
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