The Dispatch
On England’s south coast, an Oratory flourishes
St. Philip Neri’s ideas on evangelization—joy, friendship, celebration—fit in rather well with sea and sunshine. […]
Church in UK
The Dispatch
“Reflecting” on the future of the Church of England
Britain’s Secretary of State for Education, Miss Justine Greening, has told the Church of England it should “keep up” with modern attitudes and accept same-sex marriage. The Prime Minister, herself the daughter of an Anglican […]
Interview
Former Anglican bishop finds a home in the Catholic Church
Monsignor Keith Newton, 65, is the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, headquartered in London, England. The ordinariate was established in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI; its purpose is to reunite Anglicans with Rome while preserving […]
Special Report
Saturday night “Fever” with the Sisters of Life
If you had visited Soho Square in the center of London on a recent Saturday night, you would have seen something unusual. There is a Hare Krishna monastery just off the square. Each weekend, the […]
The Dispatch
On church kneelers
“We have something for you,” said the manageress, with a pardonably smug smile, as soon as I entered the coffee-shop. And she went to a door, rummaged in the cupboard and produced—my bag with my […]
The Dispatch
Night and Soho
The lanterns glow through the dusk as the summer evening darkens into twilight. Meanwhile revelers in the garden square make their way slowly to the gates as the park-keeper gradually rounds them up. More noisily, […]
The Dispatch
Dame Louise backtracks
We seem to be rather short of good news for Catholics at present. Here is something that is at least faintly cheering. Dame Louise Casey is a government-appointed official with the rather worrying title of […]