June 6th marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of US Senator Robert F Kennedy at the age of 43 in Los Angeles, California. His death in 1968 came five years after the assassination of his brother, President John F Kennedy, and only two months after that of Martin Luther King Jr.
Pope Paul VI recalled Bobby Kennedy at the Angelus address just three days after his death. "We would...
Dom Timothy Wright, former Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey, has died at the age of 76. He had been living at Ealing Abbey in London, while receiving medical treatment for cancer.
Martin Wright (Timothy was his monastic name) was born in New Ollerton in Nottinghamshire and, along with his three brothers, was educated at Ampleforth. Three of them - Stephen, Timothy and Ralph - joined the monastic...
Parishioners and colleagues paid tribute to Fr Albert Tungumale Baba, who was killed, together with about 20 faithful on 1 May when gunmen from Km5 attacked the church of Notre Dame de Fatima in Bangui, Central African Republic.
"Fr Albert, 71 years old and among the oldest priests of the clergy of Bangui, was a pastor esteemed and known for his simplicity and sympathy, and above all for ...
Margaret Knox was a writer who lived in diverse parts of the world and threw herself into both research and local life. Her versatility and intellectual curiosity are evident from her writings, which range from Voyage of Faith: The Story of the Catholic Church in Fiji: The First Century (Archdiocese of Suva, 1997) to an account of the cheese known as 'Suffolk Bang or Thump' - 'said to be "so ha...
Fr Francis Davidson OSB, Benedictine monk of Ampleforth Abbey, died peacefully in the monastery infirmary at Ampleforth on 9 April 2018, at the age of 79.
He was born in Edinburgh in February 1939 and educated at Fort Augustus Abbey School. He joined the monastic community there in September 1956 and was sent to study Philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and then Theolog...
His Eminence Archbishop Vincent Cardinal Nichols of Westminster used his homily during the Requiem Mass for the Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien RIP (1938-2018) yesterday, to urge those present to pray for the repose of his soul and also for those he offended during his life. "In recent days, the life of Cardinal Keith has been laid bare," said Cardinal Nichols, "We all know its lights...
Very soon after the sad news of the death, on March 17, of Canon Digby Samuels was sent to the priests and parishes across the Diocese a response was received from a priest: 'The Diocese has lost a saint'. Canon Digby will be remembered with gratitude by many priests, religious and lay people for helping them to grow in holiness, in sanctity. To be holy is to be close to God, the source of holi...
Ten Ten Theatre Martin O'Brien writes in his First Monday email: With a heavy heart, I'm sorry to share the news that Fr Digby Samuels sadly passed away on 17th March. He was a great personal friend and long-time supporter of Ten Ten... Although his involvement in Ten Ten was a tiny fraction of his life, to us the impact of his support was immense and so I'd like to share a little bit...
The Requiem Mass of Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien RIP will take place at the Church of St Michael, Westmoreland Road, Newcastle on Thursday 5 April at 1pm. As requested by the Holy See, the main celebrant and homilist will be His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. Donations to SCIAF's Lenten campaign in lieu of flowers please.
The internment of the body of the ...
The Scottish Catholic Media Office said in a statement this morning: At 1am today, 19 March 2018, His Eminence Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien, Archbishop Emeritus of St Andrews & Edinburgh, died at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne surrounded by family and friends and fortified by the rites of Holy Church. RIP. He was 80 years old.
Commenting upon the news, A...
The world-renowned scientist and author Stephen Hawking died on Wednesday, at his home in Cambridge, where he had spent his career studying the mysteries of the universe.
Hawking was diagnosed at 21 with motor neurone disease and given two years to live, but he did not let his increasing disability stop his work. Despite ending up totally immobile, confined to a wheelchair and speaking th...
The extraordinary Jim Smith, who taught English and Latin at the former Jesuit-run Campion House College in Osterley, west London, has died. There are many priests and laymen around the country and overseas who were inspired and nurtured by Jim, and who will never forget his unique character.
Jim's funeral will be held at 11 am on Wednesday March 21 at St Vincent's Church, Osterley.
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I first met Ken Dodd - whose death has been announced - when he came around a corner in a shopping street in Liverpool, brandishing his tickling stick, and in the company of Margaret Thatcher. It was the 1979 Edge Hill by election and he was trying to drum up votes for my Conservative opponent David Alton writes in his blog.
I never held it against him and over the years enjoyed ...
Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Bishop Emeritus of Mainz, Germany, died on Sunday, March 11, 2018, after suffering a stroke. He was 81. Cardinal Lehmann was a leading Catholic academic and greatly committed to Christian unity. Born on May 16, 1936, at Sigmaringen, he studied Philosophy and Theology for many years in Rome, notably at the Gregorian University, where he wrote a thesis on the tho...
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