What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans.

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.

All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.

We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to be formed as preachers.

At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar.