by John Battle May 2025 at Church HouseTwo recent distractions; hearing echo loudly in the Eucharistic prayer at Mass after the Consecration the phrase “together in the FULLNESS of charity” and seeing our new Holy Father Pope Leo XIV hold up a copy of his namesake predecessor’s foundational encyclical” Rerum Novarum”. (1891).I have been trying […]
Pope Francis
27 Apr – Pope Francis RIP
by John Battle, Commission ChairI watched the very frail Pope Francis on Easter Sunday on the BBC, moving through the crowds, still reaching out, greeting, touching and blessing in his farewell journey among the people. Now we have had his Requiem, may he now rest in peace with God. While we await the Conclave and the […]
05 MAR 16 – Las Casas Conference ‘A poor church, for the poor?’
The Justice and Peace Commission were proud to be associated with this national level conference that took place at Leeds Trinity University on Saturday March 5th 2016. A full account of what happened at the conference can be read in our March 2016 newsletter (though it did gain some publicity in the national Catholic press […]