by Michael McG | Jan 3, 2023 | Pope Francis, Rome
Pope Francis will preside at the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, which takes place in St Peter’s Square on Thursday (January 5) at 8am UK time.The body of the Pope Emeritus has been lying in St Peter’s Basilica so the faithful can pay...
by Michael McG | Mar 22, 2021 | Vocations, Rome
Father Stephen Wang has been appointed as the new rector of the Venerable English College (VEC) in Rome. Father Stephen will replace Monsignor Philip Whitmore, who has been rector since 2013. The VEC was founded in 1579 and since then has prepared priests to serve...
by Michael McG | Oct 30, 2018 | Ad Limina, Rome, Voice Column
Some of you may be aware that I have been on a visit to the Tombs of the Apostles (ad limina Apostolorum), which every bishop has to do every five-to-seven years. Part of the visit is to celebrate Mass at the Tombs of SS Peter and Paul, in St John Lateran, (the pope’s...
by webmaster | Feb 8, 2010 | Ad Limina, Rome
Bishop Terry along with the other Bishops of England and Wales recently made an Ad Limina visit to the Holy See to meet with Pope Benedict XVI. Photos by kind permission of the Photographic Service, “L’Osservatore Romano”