14th November 2011
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Last week I attended speeches given by two very different political leaders. The first, by Tony Blair as President of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, at the Catholic University in Milan. The second, by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, at the Pontifical Gregorian University here in Rome. What was striking is […]
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28th October 2011
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25 years to the day that Pope John Paul II hosted an unprecedented gathering of world religious leaders in Assisi to pray for world peace, Pope Benedict XVI on 27 October hosted, in the same place, his own “Day of Reflection, Dialogue and Prayer for Peace and Justice in the World”. Again, leaders of the […]
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17th October 2011
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Amongst my various introductory calls since arriving in Rome this August, I have had the opportunity to visit the Venerable English College and the Pontifical Scots College. These are both ancient institutions – the Venerable English College celebrates the 650th anniversary of its foundation, by King Edward III, next year – which throughout their history […]
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22nd September 2011
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I have just returned from a short visit to London, where I took the opportunity to meet Chris Bain, the Director of CAFOD, the principal Catholic charity in England and Wales (its main partners in the United Kingdom are SCIAF in Scotland, and Trocaire in Northern Ireland – which also operates in the Republic of […]
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