Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Sunday, 23 July 2023

The Culture War in Catholicism


When writing this blog I have tried as much as possible in recent years to avoid commenting on the culture conflict in the Catholic Church in an attempt to be peaceable and to avoid adding to the poisoned atmosphere. However on occasion I let my guard slip. I am going to do that now.

Rorate Cæli is a website that does not pull its punches in defence of traditional belief and practice in the Church. Their latest article is a splendid and searing contrast of Pope St John Paul II and Pope Francis. I commend it to all my readers - I could not have expressed the thoughts in it any better. The article can - and should - be read at Francis Has Systematically Dismantled John Paul II's Legacy


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