Bishop Mark Davies

On Saint John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church

Bishop Mark Davies reflects on the declaration of St John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Church, calling on Catholics to seek truth amid the noise of modern life and to find wisdom and peace through the Eucharist.

Assisted suicide is a dangerous proposal which puts everyone at risk

next week an assisted suicide bill will be introduced into parliament. the bill will seek to remove the legal safeguards which have long pro...

UK Parliament abortion vote on 15 May: ‘A time to raise our voices and not lose heart’

bishops rarely comment on bills in parliament. lay christians, informed by their faith, freely and sincerely adopt different political views...

England’s ‘Christian inheritance’ at stake in UK General Election

easter has arrived early in a year when a general election is anticipated. “to elect” means to choose. this easter holiday celebrates the gr...

Celebrating the total victory of life even as we struggle

As attacks on society’s most vulnerable proliferate, Christmas lets us glimpse the value and meaning of every human life
a child is born for us, and a son is given to us (isaiah 9:5) the mass of christmas day begins with these joyful words of isaiah’s...

Let There Be Light

The Easter Liturgy declares this to be "the light of Christ rising in glory" dispelling the darkness of all hearts and minds and making the life of grace possible for us.
the resurrection by andrea mantegna, 1457-1459 the resurrection is the dawn of a new creation, a light still more wonderful than the fiat lu...

Why I'm restoring my Pugin cathedral to its former glory

there has been much debate recently about the use of cathedrals at a time when we in the diocese of shrewsbury are embarking on the renewal ...

How the Diocese of Shrewsbury is creating a springtime of vocations

spring can seem far off in these darkest days of our year. yet at christmas, the days are already imperceptibly growing longer and brighter....

The Church's renewal starts with the Eucharist

Amid the darkness in the world and the Church, there is one constant source of light

The world’s salvation

amid the darkness in the world and the church, there is one constant source of light it is hard to imagine a more pressing priority than ren...

The light that never goes out

‘where would you choose to go on a retreat if you could travel anywhere in the world?” this was the question i was asked recently, a questio...

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