21 May 2015, The Tablet

Tale of two meetings


 
One is an imposing Victorian building in Headingley in Yorkshire, and the other is a villa in the Alban Hills set in woodlands, with a swimming pool and lakeside views. Which would you prefer if you were holding a meeting?Not surprisingly, the Catholic bishops, rather than opt for Hinsley Hall – owned by the (Catholic) Diocese of Leeds – picked the other, Villa Palazzola, 18 miles south of Rome. And while the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales spent several days on retreat at Palazzola in April, during the same month the Church of England’s bishops met at Hinsley Hall, usually the setting for the Catholic bishops’ biannual gathering. With this description on Palazzola’s website – “Your shoulders start to relax within hours of arrival … a
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