Commentary by Joanna Bogle
Marriage, Divorce and a Seaside Town
History offers no evidence of a godless consumerist society ever surviving.
Holy Land
About the future of Europe and it's a worryingly good read.
London, 1947
The crowds exude, somehow, a sense of normality.
Thanking the Fathers
They don't get much public recognition for all that they do.
Our Lady of Ransom
Should we not see something tender, merciful, and important for today?
The Island of Saints
The Faith was passed on to us at this huge cost, and must not now be betrayed.
Boris and London
The biggest worry in the rising crime rate is the age of the criminals.
Give Us Back Our Feast Days
If you want a feast to be special, you have a feast day.
For Fathers
The best gift you can have is good parents.
For God and Queen - The Quandary of the English Catholic
Are most Catholics now calling for a change in the law?
Meet the Charity Commission
The issue at stake is "public benefit."
Faith in Flanders
What was once a deeply Catholic country now faces a completely different future.
A Buckingham Palace Garden Party
Can we go on dressing up and pretending everything is still functioning normally?
The House in North Street
Buildings hold memories and help to shape your world, your ideas, and opinions.
British Humor
Can we employ humor without savagery, without nastiness, in a good cause?
Christmas in Britain
It's Christmas without God, without deeper meaning.
Britain and the 1950s
The country that seemed to stand so tall, morally and culturally...
Royals and Catholics... Again
What we really need is simply the right...to live and pray and teach as Catholics.
Humanae Vitae and Me
I find Paul VI's words extraordinarily wise, prophetic, honest, and realistic.
Prayers by Heart
Prayer binds people together, delivers something precious.
A Tale of Two Popes
Benedict will speak to people's hearts and minds as John Paul did.
Runnymede and Freedom
Authentic freedom is not about slogans but is rooted in truth.
Anti-Catholic Nastiness in England
It has become routine to hear crass and vulgar attacks on the Church.
Will There Always Be an England?
Its people are not quite sure anymore of what they represent as a nation.
In a Country Church
For survival and renewal, Church and nation require saints.
Legislating Intolerance - Is Marriage a Dying Institution in England?
New laws are going to have a marked impact on all of this.
Do Catholic Schools Have a Future in Britain?
Help renew them while there is still time.
The Church, Yesterday and Today
How awesome is our responsibility to respond to God's goodness.
Preparing for the Pope
Problems rooted in the very modern tensions of the Britain of the 21st century.
A Blessing to One Another
There can be "blessed times" of harmony and goodwill and could be more.
The Pope in Great Britain
So many extraordinary, magnificent, unforgettable moments.
The Future of the Church in England
The predictions in the 1980s were wrong: We haven't disappeared.
Servant of the Servants of God
Not just a great man but a great pope, a great man of God.
The Children of the Ordinariate
Nothing could spoil the sense of being at a moment of history.
The Children of the Ordinariate
Nothing could spoil the sense of being at a moment of history.
