Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

Christian fidelity's cost: how Cardinal Pell was betrayed by the Church and land he loved

for those alive today, the legacy of george pell will be forever marked by, or even defined by, the travesty of justice he endured at the ha...

An Easter Anthology, by Arthur Howells

an easter anthology arthur howells hodder & stoughton, £16.99, 288 pages when thinking of anthologies, two types come immediately to min...

Father Brown and the Mystery of Chesterton

Hugh Somerville Knapman on a new volume that delivers a daily dose of detective drama
with due deference to the originator of the latest foray in to the world of father brown, i doubt many devotees of gk chesterton’s clerical ...

The Pontifical Academy for Life—A Sequel

photo: archbishop vincenzo paglia watches as pope francis addresses the general assembly of the pontifical academy for life on 5 october 201...

All is not well at the Pontifical Academy for Life

the academy set up to promote catholic doctrine on human life and personal dignity has lost its way entirely, writes  hugh somerville k...

Beware the Church of 'perpetual initiatives, built on shifting sands'

hugh somerville knapman osb takes the long view of vatican ii as surely we all know by now, 11 october was the 60th anniversary of the openi...

The Synod will continue until Synodality improves

are catholics going to be asked the same questions until they produce the right answers, wonders hugh somerville knapman osb on 16 october, ...

Another day, another letter

good ecclesiastical governance takes time, writes hugh somerville knapman osb four apostolic letters have already appeared this year; in 202...

The unintended consequences of Desiderio desideravi

Are the modern rites really what Vatican II intended, asks Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB
the non-acceptance of the liturgical reform, as also a superficial understanding of it, distracts us from the obligation of finding response...

Now is the Acceptable Time

Our liturgical recognition of the Coptic Martyrs," argues <i>Fr Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB</i>, "would offer an icon to the world of the heavenly communion that all who have died for Christ now share in Him."
if the 21 coptic martyrs of libya are "saints for all christians" -- as pope francis says -- then why not grant permission for their venerat...

One Body, Attested in Blood

Pope Francis has refocused the ecumenical initiative away from the formal, institutional unity being laboriously investigated by theologians, to an informal, grassroots, and immediate unity in the martyr-blood of ordinary Christians.
the&nbsp; catholic herald &nbsp; is pleased to bring readers this essay by fr hugh somerville knapman osb, closely adapted from his 2018 boo...

The Coptic Martyrs

pope francis’s recognition of the 21 killed by daesh as martyrs is a welcome theological and ecumenical development says hugh somerville kna...

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