| Description | This edition includes the following news and articles:
Cathedral Life: Past and Present
Cathedral History :
'Green Porphyry' by Patrick Rogers. An article about the origins and significance of the olive green speckled rock which adorns various areas of the Cathedral.
Cathedral History in Pictures:
'Entering the Cathedral on Psalm Sunday 1951' by Paul Tobin. An article about the Psalm Sunday celebrations of 1951 during which the Celebrant was Auxiliary Bishop George Craven who stood in for Cardinal Bernard Griffin who was recovering from a heart attack.
'Two Plagues, Two Saints' by Christopher Howse. An article about how St John Henry Newman and St John Southworth supported their respective communities during epidemics, Newman during an outbreak of chloera in 1849 and Southworth during an outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1636.
'Could Christianity have come to Britain in the First Century AD?' by Dr Michael Straiton. The author discusses the presence of Christianity in other parts of the world during the First century and the possibility of its spread to Britain, facilitated by the well developed roads and sea lanes throughout the Roman Empire that had been developed by the Romans.
'Support and Ancient Christian Community' by Aid to the Church in Need. An article about Pope Francis' 2021 visit to Iraq during which he assured indigenous Christian population that they had the full support of the entire Roman Catholic Church.
'The Venerable Ignatius Spencer' by Fr Gerard Skinner. An article about the life of Passionist priest, Fr Ignatius Spencer who was born into the aristocratic family Spencer family. Spencer was a distant ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales and of Sir Winston Churchill. |