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To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.

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To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a needful gift they have to offer which cannot be offered so long as they are confined by poverty.

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Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.

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We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed.

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Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.

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At the end of the Middle Ages, nobody would ever have expected the monasteries to vanish from the scene within a generation - yet they did. Change does happen.

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I think there is a great deal of interest still in the Christian faith.

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Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Theologian

Born: June 14th, 1950

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