How nice this side of the Atlantic to awake to Fr Jim on the BBC speaking of the appointments nominations of Sotomayor and Diaz Catch it here sliding almost to the end of the program at 22 55

In an op ed for the Irish Times Archbishop Diarmiud Martin of Dublin confronts the abuse report head on What was lost was more than just a charism Somehow along the way the most essential dimension of the life of the followers of Jesus Christ got lost by many The Christian message is a message o

The appointment of Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham, a former protégé of Cardinal Basil Hume, to the see of Westminster had long been expected, but for a time back in March seemed suddenly unlikely. “I couldn’t believe how nasty it was,” a journalist friend to

The Archbishop of Dublin has greeted the new Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols with an unusual rebuke Dr Martin on Thursday described his remarks on the ldquo courage rdquo of Irish religious orders in confronting child abuse as unhelpful The report by the Commission to Inquire into

The scandal over the expenses of British politicians has gone on long enough says the Archbishop of Canterbury who has warned that the systematic humiliation of MPs over their expenses is a threat to democracy in Britain Writing in The Times on Saturday Dr Rowan Williams said the daily press re

There were many in the congregation at today s Mass of Installation of the new Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols who smiled at the moment when his predecessor Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O Connor handed him the crozier They remembered how in 2000 it was the then Bishop Nichols who handed t

It took just 35 seconds for the Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin to announce his resignation yesterday The House was at its best when united he said and it would best serve that unity if he resigned on 21 June to allow for an election on 22 June That is all I have to say on the

The British people are in a hanging mood as the record 3 8 million a million more than usual who tuned to last Thursday s Question Time on BBC witnessed for themselves A minister and a very senior member of one of the opposition parties received not just an intense grilling on the weekly polit

There has only been one story this week in the UK -- and it s not a pretty one Starting last Thursday the Telegraph has been daily publishing details of MPs expenses claims made possible by a new Freedom of Information Act and some assiduous leaking What has been uncovered is a snouts-in-the-tr

The most interesting part of the visit of Prince Charles and Camilla to Pope Benedict never happened The Pope never did present the royal couple with a facsimile of the letter written by English nobles to Pope Clement VII in 1530 pleading for the annulment of Henry VIII s marriage to Catherine of