tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7679487966777816194..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Cardinal HumeFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26060275810879544562021-09-01T13:45:39.149+01:002021-09-01T13:45:39.149+01:00I always thought that it was the great work of Car...I always thought that it was the great work of Cardinal Hume to make Catholicism acceptable to the English. Public school and Oxford educated (Modern History), headmaster, abbot of his famous English Benedictine house, friend of the Royal family and the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury; a thoroughly English middle class life, with just enough zest on the side to be slightly different. The days Fr Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747558367805466619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-69766464599958053232021-08-29T10:19:40.350+01:002021-08-29T10:19:40.350+01:00Have you blocked me?Have you blocked me?Paul Hellyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155821750459419187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-51092991015168164052021-08-27T11:47:20.796+01:002021-08-27T11:47:20.796+01:00The obvious goodness and holiness of Cardinal Hume...The obvious goodness and holiness of Cardinal Hume was one of the factors that attracted me to Catholicism in the early 1980's. Comparing him with Robert Runcie indicated to me the depth and seriousness of Catholicism compared with Anglicanism as Cardinal Hume spoke with Authority and gravitas. The visit to Great Britain of Pope John Paul II in 1982 was another factor in drawing me to become Greyman 82https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472976732157444972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57265545366773091962021-08-26T19:07:23.601+01:002021-08-26T19:07:23.601+01:00About 25 years ago, my late father, a retired Angl...About 25 years ago, my late father, a retired Anglican minister, was seriously contemplating following me into the one true Church. However, my mother was apprehensive about the potential loss of his pension. At her request, I made enquiries of the Church of England Pensions Board. The lady to whom I spoke was highly offended that I could think that any such thing could even be contemplated!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544688308069901005noreply@blogger.com