This turbulent priest
autor: Father Ed Tomlinson
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A Catholic reflects on the trial of Russell Brand
A Catholic reflects on the trial of Russell Brand
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The musings, interviews, ravings and opinions of a Catholic priest looking out on the world as the Western Empire crumbles
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- A Catholic reflects on the trial of Russell Brand · 57 min · Odcinek 174Send us Fan Mail In this episode I suggest that it is not only Russell Brand who stands on trial but our culture and media itself. Support the show You can now support me on…
- +Gerard Bradley on music & silence in the liturgy · 42 min · Odcinek 173Send us Fan Mail In this week's podcast I share the second of our latest Pembury lecture series- an excellent talk centred on the role of silence and music in the liturgy…
- Do the French riots move Europe closer to civil war? · 1 godz. 0 min · Odcinek 172Send us Fan Mail In this episode I ponder if European governments are now failing in their primary duty to protect our national heritage leading to the danger of militias forming…
- Is hell real? Am I heading there? · 53 min · Odcinek 171Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I want to explore the seductive claims of universalism and ask if loss of supernatural faith in the four last things - death, judgement…
- Whose message of hope is best? Pope Leo's or Andy Burnham's? · 59 min · Odcinek 170Send us Fan Mail In this episode I review the papal visit to France and ponder what message it gave to the world and to that secular nation. I also contrast the message of hope…
- Britain first lost faith in God- then it lost faith in itself · 59 min · Odcinek 169Send us Fan Mail In this episode I ponder how Britain's abandonment of Christian faith has inevitably led to a loss of its own self identity. This is causing not only the…
- The spectre of WW3 and the faith of England · 43 min · Odcinek 168Send us Fan Mail With much doom and gloom in the media about prepping for a new war with Russia I thought I would reflect on what national disaster, of any description, might…
- Why the Anglican "Save the parish" movement resonates with Catholics too. · 59 min · Odcinek 167Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I ponder how the insights of Rev Marcus Walker's "Save the parish" movement in the Church of England resonate on this side of the Tiber as…
- Are Catholic schools Catholic anymore? · 53 min · Odcinek 166Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I ask the uncomfortable but important questions about Catholic education. Is there an impossible tension in the current culture when we…
- Is judgement to be avoided or embraced? · 1 godz. 2 min · Odcinek 165Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I ponder why modern culture abhors the notion of "judging others", acting as if personal choices have no moral value, even as it itself…
- Jason Arday; symptom not cause of Cambridge's crisis · 51 min · Odcinek 164Send us Fan Mail In this episode I show how Jason Arday is the most boring aspect of the tumult surrounding his appointment at Cambridge University. The real villain is an…
- Adopted faith; an interview with seminarian Iwan Williams · 49 min · Odcinek 163Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I speak with Iwan Williams, the Seminarian on placement in Pembury from Allen Hall in London, who speaks openly about being adopted as a…
- Is Andy Burnham a Catholic or not? · 45 min · Odcinek 162Send us Fan Mail In this episode I explore what is meant when people state that Andy Burnham is a Catholic. What do we make of the fact he publicly supports euthanasia and…
- What can the death of Ann Widdecombe teach us? · 35 min · Odcinek 161Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I pay homage to the murdered politician Ann Widdecombe. I contemplate her life and the witness of her Christian faith and I ask what…
- Unity versus Truth: reflecting on the SSPX schism · 50 min · Odcinek 160Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I reflect on the schism that occurred when the SSPX took themselves out of communion with the Catholic Church when they consecrated new…
- Against the machine: C R Ashbee and the fight for beauty! · 42 min · Odcinek 159Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I reflect on the beautiful reredos located in the sacred heard chapel at St Anselm's in Pembury which was created by C R Ashbee a…
- Should Christians believe in progress? · 43 min · Odcinek 158Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I try and distinguish between technological advance in society and genuine progress. I challenge the common assumption that humanity is…
- Do religions really cause war? · 44 min · Odcinek 157Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I ponder the accusation, so often hurled at Christians, that religion causes war. Is it true? Does this claim stand up to scrutiny? What…
- Is modern parenting too safe? · 50 min · Odcinek 156Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I pick up on the education secretary's claim that modern children are too risk averse and cosseted and ask if we need to re-asses…
- A Catholic reflects on the murder of Henry Nowak · 36 min · Odcinek 155Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode I try and give a Catholic response to the senseless murder of University student Henry Nowak. I suggest that a loss of Christian…
