The coronation of King Charles a couple of weeks ago turned out to be quite controversial and even divisive. One of many arguments against it was whether such an ancient Christian ritual makes any sense in 21st-century Britain, a place so diverse on the one hand and increasingly irreligious on the other that it can hardly be called a Christian…

A mini-drama at the school gate on the first-timers’ first school day: a sense of abandonment, tears and cries or even tantrums. A tight hug, some consoling words and assurances of coming back in no time usually calm things down. And that’s just the parents… Everyone’s life is marked by milestones; moments or events that significantly change life in one…

Once I visited a baroque church in Poland where my attention was drawn to a picture of the Holy Trinity on the wall.  God the Father was shown as an elderly, majestic man with a full white beard and, on his head, a triple crown resembling the one used by popes before Paul VI. Every time I looked at that…

Did you miss me last Tuesday or Wednesday? I suppose the most common answer to this naff question is “why would I?” Busy with a family life, working and being involved in many important activities, most of you wouldn’t have noticed that virtually all the priests were missing. The reason for our absence was a regular meeting where we gathered…

“An echo chamber is a hollow enclosure used to produce reverberation, usually for recording purposes. For example, the producers of a television or radio program might wish to produce the aural illusion that a conversation is taking place in a large room or a cave; these effects can be accomplished by playing the recording of the conversation inside an echo…