Back in the 1980s when Russia was under Communist rule, American president Ronald Reagan told this joke about a man in Russia who wanted...

Since at least the 1970s, there has been a rise in concern about how we treat the environment, and rightly so, because the earth’s...

Many years ago, in fact it might have been before I was born, one of my uncles was visiting Birmingham and decided to buy some apples. ...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, on Education Sunday, we celebrate the gift of Catholic education in our Archdiocese. This...

If you travel north-west of Birmingham, there is another, smaller city called Wolverhampton. Before I was born it used to have two main...

The corrosive effect of pride! We’ve all met people who think a bit too highly of themselves. Their conversation is all: me, me, me,...

A few days ago the GCSE results came out – some were disappointed, others were glad, and there were those who were over the moon. No...

Where is the Church of Christ to be found today? Where do we find evidence of people living as Christ lived, sharing His sufferings,...

The biggest and most important feast we celebrate in the whole of the Christian calendar is not Christmas, but Easter. And related to...

Distractions, distractions, distractions! Coming back from my holiday, my plan was to catch up on e-mails, but I found that the internet...

A few weeks ago, for the feast of Sts Peter and Paul, I was able to ask you: are you more of a Peter, or a Paul? This time, my question...

The parable of the Good Samaritan: the priest walks by, the Levite does the same (and we aren’t told their reasons), but the Samaritan...