Extraordinary news this weekend as Cardinal O’Brien, the most senior Roman Catholic priest in the United Kingdom, admitted “ there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal”. …

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News this morning that the Government is going to go to the ECHR and fight against the appeals under Article 9 on a number of cases. In a highly significant move, ministers will fight a case at the European Court …

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Just in case anybody in London Diocese was in any doubt, Chartres has made it very clear. The Pope has recently issued an invitation to Anglicans to move into full communion with the See of Rome in the Ordinariate where …

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Yesterday the Ordinariate officially got underway with the three defecting bishops being ordained priests in the Roman Catholic church. Vincent Nichols’ sermon was actually quite interesting. Forget the fuss over the Ordinariate being dedicated to Mary (of Walsingham no less …

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Been promising to write this for two days and finally now have the time. As we all know, the Pope has said some things in a new book which have caused a flurry of media excitement. The BBC demonstrates very …

Condoms! Read more »

Here’s my Sermon preached this morning on Jesus cleansing the Temple. [audio: https://www.peter-ould.net/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2010_03_28_1100_Peter_Ould_PalmSunday_24bit.mp3] You might also appreciate this morning’s Sunday Worship on Radio 4 which came from St Mary’s, Lowe House Roman Catholic church in St Helens. Great worship, great …

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