An offer extended to me in 2012, “would the Catholics like to use Stonegrave Minster on occasion?”, has resulted in two Masses for Christian Unity in this historical Anglican minster, one in each of the last two years, authorised by the Archbishop of York, the Ampleforth Anglican Benefice, and by the Middlesbrough Diocese.
On both occasions a Catholic Mass was celebrated with a strong Anglican presence, and indeed Anglican participation, yet on both occasions it has been necessary to deny participation in the Eucharist to non-Catholics who had chosen to attend and pray “ut omnes unum sint”. On these occasions, our fellow Christians have expressed their sadness. Your recent articles and letters on this topic prompt me to hope that the occasion might be r
26 October 2013, The Tablet
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If Julia thinks people would have a problem with Ed Miliband being at the Whitehouse, what does she think of the prospect of Boris Johnson leading out nation?
At least it would give something for the rest of the world to laugh about but the diminution in our credibility within the world community hardly bears thinking about.
exchanging post-election comments with female friends, I found a striking consensus that Cameron would win - but women were few and far between commenting on the election, and even thinner on the ground immediately before, or immediately after. when I hazarded that Cameron could well get an overall majority (on a monocle radio panel a week before the election), I was practically laughed out of court.
observation: instinct may be part of it, but another part is actually being out there in the real world, not in the bubble with the boys on the bus.