February 10, 2012

Elgar’s Nursery suite dedicated to two young princesses - Towards the end of his life Sir Edward Elgar dedicated a 'Nursery Suite" to two young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret and their mother, says music historian Monsignor Philip Whitmore.
A Letter to Dickens - A feature to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens which includes the letter of a future pope to this 19th century novelist .
The Papal States and all that : Part 2 - There's never been a Concordat in an English speaking country because of the use of common law" , says Jesuit historian Professor Gerald Fogarty who's currently teaching at the University of Virginia in the United States.
And 'Why Bother?" is back with the saddest of stories - Monsignor Peter Fleetwood recently had to celebrate a funeral mass for a nine week old baby by the name of Joseph ....

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