Bishop Barron: The teachings of the Church Fathers are our 'spiritual weapons' - it is madness to throw them away

(Photograph: Catholic Herald columnist Katherine Bennett helped organise Bishop Barron's UK tour)

I have been watching Bishop Barron online for over a decade.  I became a member of his enormously popular “Word on Fire” apostolate, and I spent much of last year helping Brenden Thompson of Catholic Voices organise his upcoming visit to the UK.  

I, along with hundreds of fellow Catholics, met the bishop at St Patrick’s Church, Soho Square on Tuesday this week.  It was billed as a networking event where Catholics from across the country, and a few from across the pond, could meet and support one another. The day before meeting us, the bishop celebrated Mass at Westminster Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament.