In Canada, Cardinal Eijk shares experience on reality of legalised assisted...
As the Canadian bishops are meeting for their annual plenary, they heard on Monday from Cardinal Wim Eijk. The Archbishop of Utrecht was invited because of his being a medical ethicist and physician,...
View ArticleAfter death, no changes from Rome – some thoughts about the CDF Instruction
Ad resurgendum cum Christo is nothing new. Today’s Instruction from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith presents no new teachings or policies regarding the burial of the dead. Rather, it...
View ArticleHolding on to each other in a time of confusion – Bishop de Korte’s Christmas...
On Monday, following the annual Van Lanschot Christmas concert at the cathedral, Bishop Gerard de Korte presented his Christmas message. The bishop of ‘s-Hertogenbosch reflects on the state of our...
View ArticleWishing my readers a very happy and blessed Christmas
“Let us enter the true Christmas, that of Jesus, Who approaches us – God-with-us, close to us – in order to receive the grace of this celebration, and the grace of closeness, love, humility and...
View ArticleFor this year, a baker’s patron
The Saint’s Name Generator threw up a new saint for the year of 2017. He is an early medieval French bishop, with an associated miracle story, as medieval saints usually have. Saint Honoratus of Amiens...
View ArticleA social media-using bishop who doesn’t overstay his welcome, please
The next bishop of Roermond should be a social media user, but is to stay in office for 15 years at most, a poll amongst priests of the Diocese of Roermond by newspaper De Limburger has revealed. The...
View ArticleLent donations appeal, with a personal touch
This time, the donations appeal has a bit of a personal element, in addition to it being timely for Lent. As ever, any donations I may receive will be used for the blog and related social media...
View ArticleOrdinations, or the lack thereof – an update
Following the discussions triggered by this post about ordinations of new priests and deacons in northwestern Europe, I have gone over the announcements from the various dioceses and created a list of...
View ArticleBlog relaunch, and a request
Summer is ending, so blogging can be expected to pick up again (and I am well aware that I am nowhere near the blogging frequency of earlier years). On the one hand that is good, as it means that there...
View ArticleThe collection plate appears
With Easter around the corner, it seems that this Lent is, again, a time to shake the collection plate. Not a thing I like to do, but sometimes necessity overrules desire. So, if you like what I write,...
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