147 young Kenyans have mercilessly been killed for being Christian. The sacrifice of this Holy Week. 147 mothers and fathers suffering their loss as if standing at the foot of the multitude of crosses carrying the dead bodies of their sons and daughters. Many more friends and family members paying respect to the dead, getting ready to bid farewell. Where…
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Some time ago I visited a couple of my friends, a family of mixed nationalities. Both of them spoke French, but I didn’t. The wife and I spoke Polish, but not the husband. He and I spoke English, a language she didn’t speak. So despite knowing three different languages, we didn’t have any common one to be able to chat…
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Too lenient a punishment, said some. Too harsh, said others. A fair and proportionate decision made by Pope Francis, said Archbishop Leo Cushley. Yesterday’s decision by the Vatican regarding Cardinal Keith O’Brien made headlines across the country, and inevitably produced a wide range of comments. Those who made them did so from various points of view. Some had expected an…
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Despite my deep interest in history, the commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War last year prompted me to realise how little I knew about it. In order to fill in the gaps, I bought a book on the Great War and started reading it. Very soon I noticed a distinctive difference between what I thought…
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The biblical readings we’ve just listened to are supposed to give me an easy ride either to moralistic rant based on the Ten Commandments (the first reading) or to a clichéd call for moralistic purging as derived from the Gospel reading. I considered that – by following either of these routes – I would be guaranteed the prospect of losing the…