Catholic Commentary: Joanna Bogle

Runnymede and Freedom
Authentic freedom is not about slogans but is rooted in truth.

A Tale of Two Popes
Benedict will speak to people's hearts and minds as John Paul did.

Prayers by Heart
Prayer binds people together, delivers something precious.

The House in North Street
Buildings hold memories and help to shape your world, your ideas, and opinions.

Humanae Vitae and Me
I find Paul VI's words extraordinarily wise, prophetic, honest, and realistic.

Royals and Catholics... Again
What we really need is simply the right...to live and pray and teach as Catholics.

Britain and the 1950s
The country that seemed to stand so tall, morally and culturally...

Christmas in Britain
It's Christmas without God, without deeper meaning.

British Humor
Can we employ humor without savagery, without nastiness, in a good cause?

A Buckingham Palace Garden Party
Can we go on dressing up and pretending everything is still functioning normally?

Faith in Flanders
What was once a deeply Catholic country now faces a completely different future.

Meet the Charity Commission
The issue at stake is "public benefit."

For Fathers
The best gift you can have is good parents.

Give Us Back Our Feast Days
If you want a feast to be special, you have a feast day.

Boris and London
The biggest worry in the rising crime rate is the age of the criminals.

The Island of Saints
The Faith was passed on to us at this huge cost, and must not now be betrayed.

Our Lady of Ransom
Should we not see something tender, merciful, and important for today?

Thanking the Fathers
They don't get much public recognition for all that they do.

London, 1947
The crowds exude, somehow, a sense of normality.

Holy Land
About the future of Europe and it's a worryingly good read.

Marriage, Divorce and a Seaside Town
History offers no evidence of a godless consumerist society ever surviving.