Pastoral Review July/August/September 2025

EDITORIAL
4 / The expert in humanity needs experts
Ashley Beck

FOCUS: SUCCESSORS OF PETER
6 / The ‘boomer’ son of Augustine
Ashley Beck
11 / Pope Francis: Not whether to serve the poor but how
Francis Davis
16 / Pope Francis – tending the wounds of international relations
Sara’Silvestri
21 / ‘Grazie, Papa Francesco’
Raymond Friel,Thomas O’Loughlin, John Lydon, Dominic Howarth, Stephen J. McKinney

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING IN PRACTICE
25 / Is assisted suicide truly a ‘free choice’? What choice at the end of life really means and how can it be made freely
Adelaide di Maggio
30 / Ladislas Orsy (1921–2025) RIP
Helen Costigane
SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP AND MINISTRY
42 / Preaching and unbelief
John McDade

46 / Ecology, energy, education: The journey of the Guardians of Creation Project
Bishop John Arnold, Roland Daw, Edward De Quay, Emma Gardner and Jakub Kowalewski
50 / Can synodality and base ecclesial communities help us to address the impact of the ‘shortage’ of priests?
Lisa Loveridge
55 / Research in Catholic education: Priorities in 2025
John Lydon

SPIRITUALITY, THE BIBLE AND THE ARTS
60 / The quality of attention
Martin Boland
65 / ‘Special daughter of the Roman church no-one coming in between’: Bishop Jocelin and Glasgow’s Catholic legacy
Stephen J. McKinney, Julie Robinson and Pauline Cooney

REVIEWS
71 / Book reviews

BREAKING THE WORD
76 / Sundays
John Hemer MHM
83 / Prayer and Social Justice Calendar
Raymond Friel
86 / Weekdays
John Deehan