To be honest it was a speech I 39 d always zoned out on If you 39 ve been to a graduation ceremony you 39 ll know what I 39 m talking about Just after the diplomas are handed out someone on the dais whom you 39 ve most likely never seen before steps up to the podium and says quot On beha

Let me set the scene It rsquo s a weekend morning and for once I actually have no commitments I open the front door to let in the fresh morning air and I am ready to ride five miles on the exercise bike in my office spare room I am trying to beat my best time But my dog is in the back yard ba

You have probably read with dismay and disgust as I have the story of the bodies of 800 babies cast into a septic tank in Tuam County Galway children who passed away while under the care of the Bon Secours sisters at a ldquo Mother and Baby rdquo home Between 1925 and 1961 the home sheltered

Early in May each year Kalamazoo in Michigan hosts the world rsquo s largest congress on the Middle Ages This year the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies was duly held there at Western Michigan University the longstanding venue from May 8 to 11 I last attended this remarkable celebr

The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation voted in early June to encourage the ldquo lifting of the restrictions regarding the ordination of married men to the priesthood in the Eastern Catholic Churches of North America rdquo ldquo This action would affirm the ancient and leg

Some commentators and theologians have over the past 15 months or so drawn parallels between Pope Francis rsquo warm embrace of the world with Vatican II rsquo s pastoral tone in particular that of the Council rsquo s ldquo Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World rdquo ldquo