Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.

In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.

The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive.

I do feel that federation, loose parallel processes, are less than we've got, less than we could have and, in the very long run, less than what God wants in the Church.