Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,   In late August this year, you may recall that the World Meeting of Families took place in Ireland in the presence of Pope Francis. The event was a little overshadowed by the revelations of historical child abuse cases in Ireland.  However,  I know, having spoken to some […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,   Happy feast day!  Each year, today’s feast of Christ the King marks the end of the Church’s liturgical year and heralds the season of Advent. For many years now, today is also celebrated as National Youth Sunday.   As some of you may know, I spent the […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters At a Service on New Year’s Eve in 2013, Pope Francis encouraged all those present (including himself!) to look back over the year and “courageously ask ourselves: ‘How did we live the life God gave us?’”.   And he went on to say that there are:  “So many people, marked by material […]