pope Francis

flying plates

Apr 3, 2014

If you are married, don't miss this: the pope gave some remarkably realistic and practical advice to married couples in his Wednesday Audience a few hours ago. If you...

walk or wander

Apr 1, 2014

I have always thought of the first day of a new month as a new beginning, something like a little "New Year's" day. Sunday every week is the same new beginning...

on our knees

Mar 30, 2014

A few weeks ago I had a couple of hours' session with a dozen teachers in one of our Catholic High Schools. My brief was to present something of the beauty of the...

pocket stuff

Mar 18, 2014

I suspect you can tell a lot about a person from what they carry in their pockets. Examination of the contents of a wallet alone would give a lot of personal and...

Francis’ first year

Mar 18, 2014

A few people have been asked to write a reflection on Pope Francis first year for the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand Facebook page. You can read my...

pope’s iphone vid

Feb 22, 2014

This is a remarkable video clip. Bishop Tony Palmer is an Anglican Evangelical Bishop, who (after spending a morning with Pope Francis), brings an iphone video greeting...

“my smilin face…

Jan 30, 2014

The Dr. Hook hit "Cover of the Rollin Stone" has been playing in my head since I heard this morning that Pope Francis has made it. Earlier in the day a media person...

imagine the scene

Jan 21, 2014

Last Sunday Pope Francis invited parishioners in one of his diocesan parishes to engage their imaginations in prayer. He then gave them a practical experience of this...

what Francis said

Jan 7, 2014

In my Epiphany homily on Sunday I took a guess at what Pope Francis might preach in his Epiphany homily. A few hours ago Pope Francis celebrated the Mass for the Feast...

life in the light

Jan 6, 2014

Today, January 6 is the actual date of the feast of the Epiphany, but in New Zealand, USA, and many other countries the feast is transferred to the nearest Sunday to...