Contemplative prayer groups have started to take root in parishes around the world, with initiatives in Australia and New Zealand taking their inspiration from John Main’s work in London and Canada
If YOU want to be made a saint in the Catholic Church, your best chance lies in being a celibate priest or nun – especially the founder of a religious order or a recent pope. Laypeople, who make up by far the greater proportion of the Church, are far less likely to be considered worthy of sainthood; and, yet, the pool from which candidates for sainthood are drawn is narrow. This is in marked contrast with the early Church where all those who are “in Christ” are called saints (sancti, hagioi). It is not that they have all been models of virtue and devotion; it is not wha
25 June 2015, The Tablet
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