De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

The Royal Wedding sermon did some real good: it gave us a base line for what it completely vapid and useless. I love Gavin Ashenden I truly do. He is gentle and softly spoken, but quite prepared to identify problems and those who contradict what is good and true and right. He has utter conviction & is able to articulate with absolute clarity what he is passionate about & why! This is what a bishop should be: a teacher, someone utterly committed to Christ and prepared to explain what that means in today's mad world!

There's been loads of chat about the religious dimension to the Royal Wedding at the weekend. I have bucket loads of respect for Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Phillip who I see as stalwart servants of the United Kingdom & the Commonwealth, but I am unimpressed with the "woke" new generation of Royals, doing everything they can to be hip and relevant. Now we have political idealist Meghan, who seems to be a bandwagon for every progressive modern meme going. Have at look at Queen Elizabeth II if you want a feminist role model, and not a single one of us has any idea what she thinks about any political issue! That said, I wish Meghan and Harry every happiness; the kind of happiness I have experienced in my own marriage. A happiness born of respect and service and sharing good times and bad times together. A happiness found in family and struggle and occupying yourself with the job of caring for others. I thought the celebrity-filled guest-list addressed itself...

I was a little bit shocked to see Cardinal Nichols publicly congratulate Prince Harry and his fiancé on their engagement yesterday given that she is a divorcée: I offer my congratulations to Harry and Meghan on the news of their engagement. We pray for their happiness as they prepare to make their life-long commitment to marriage. — Cardinal Nichols (@CardinalNichols) November 27, 2017 What do you think? Is this appropriate? One may argue that in making such a public statement, Cardinal Nichols is acting in his civic capacity only and thus this is perfectly civilised and reasonable. But what message does it send to his Catholic followers? Certainly I was not at all surprised to see this comment aimed at the Cardinal: As a divorcee denied the sacraments I find your comments inappropriate at best and lacking in any compassion for those you judge differently — Natalie Stafford (@tigernat7) November 27, 2017 It makes the excellent point of identifying very clear d...