Nov 28, 2020 | Events, World
11 September 2001 is memorable for one single reason – the terrible attacks upon America which took place that day in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. It is a day the world will never forget and it showed, in the darkest imaginable light, the evil of which...
Nov 19, 2020 | The Spiritual Life, World
I photographed this man in Central Park, New York, in the summer of 2011. In what is perhaps the busiest park in the world – and certainly the busiest park I have ever been in – there he was, sitting quietly and placidly amongst the trees, a little away...
Nov 3, 2020 | Events, World
I have had the great pleasure of visiting the United States of America many times and it is a nation I love very much indeed. It is an exceptionally beautiful and varied land and when the people say “have a nice day”, they really do mean it. Today, that...
Nov 2, 2020 | Miscellany, World
There’s a lot of political chatter today about the distinct possibility of Scotland being forced into a second national lockdown – or as it might alternatively be referred to, ‘a national tier 4’. What is curious is that it is perhaps not being...
Oct 28, 2020 | Miscellany, World
It is likely that every one of us has, at some point, experienced the sense of isolation which the pandemic has brought with it. By their very nature, the restictions imposed in response to the virus make us take a step back from those around us. We have all become...
Oct 25, 2020 | Church, Divine Mercy, Pope Francis, World
“Jesus, I TRUST in You!”- Divine Mercy devotion Faith is not really Faith until it is tested – until then, the danger is that it is mere habit; sometimes it is only when Faith is tested in a crucible of fire that it really comes into it’s...