Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

...doesn't much care about England - Anglican or Catholic - they have a much wider perspective." This insight is certainly shared by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the emeritus Archbishop of Westminster. In a speech last month, he revealed...

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...who are called on to comment on news stories and the endless coverage of church affairs. Oh, and the edition that was guest edited by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor at the end of last year. Although Thought for the Day has become the...

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...fear and gives us hope and courage in a world full of uncertainty, anxiety, suffering. " In a lecture at Worth Abbey last week Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the former Archbishop of Westminster, said that the Vatican opening to...

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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor: Conversion offer to disaffected Anglicans was previously rejected as 'casting the net too wide' The proposal to allow disaffected Anglicans to convert to Rome was previously rejected as too aggressive, the...

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...about the appropriate response to Anglicans and former Anglicans seeking some form of corporate unity. The liberals, among them Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who at the time was Archbishop of Westminster, were reluctant to open the door...

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...of relics was just the sort of "peasant" Catholicism that the urbane, upper-middle-class Hume couldn't stand. His successor, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, however, had no such reservations in approving the visit. His judgment has...

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...Bernard will grow to love this fine Archdiocese, just as I did. " Bishop Longley, 54, who was also one of the favourites to succeed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor at Westminster, is known for his clubbable wit and geniality. Two years ago...

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...Pope John Paull II's visit. Mr Brown has enjoyed a close relationship with Pope Benedict and met him several times including while he was Chancellor as part of a drive for new development initiatives. However, the visit is expected to be...

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...years. Tony Blair, the Church's most famous living convert, also offered an invitation while he was Prime Minister and, in 2006, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, then Archbishop of Westminster, wrote to the Pope asking him to consider a...

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...Beverly Hills lodge VOICES Dan Brown's earlier books focused on the Catholic Church. What some religious authorities said: Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor bought it at an airport. "People obviously enjoyed it or it wouldn't be selling...

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