Canonist. Cerimoniere. Parish Priest.
Essex
Joined February 2021
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Fr Gary Dench retweeted
We’ve reached a place where the King of Jordan shows more genuine solidarity with and concern for the Christians of his country than the President of France shows for his.
Fr Gary Dench retweeted
The #OrderofMalta has opened the novitiate in #Rome. The novices received the religious habit, accompanied by the prayers and blessing of @Pontifex as they begin their service to the faith and those in need.
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From today’s Office of Readings:
‘My dear Timothy, take great care of all that has been entrusted to you.’
Providential, clearly! 🙏
Important news for the Diocese of Brentwood as +Timothy Menezes is appointed our new Bishop. We welcome him with great joy and assure him of our prayers as he prepares to take up his ministry among us. May the Lord bless him and grant him every grace as he shepherds His people.
"I am grateful for all those who have shaped my life, faith and priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Birmingham over many years." Today, Saturday, we celebrate the appointment of Bishop Timothy Menezes as the new Bishop of Brentwood @BrentwoodRC.
Fr Gary Dench retweeted
The totalitarian impulse:
How dare Catholics provide healthcare!
Opinion: It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized
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Fr Gary Dench retweeted
British Fascism was a product of the British left. Sir Oswald Mosley was a former Labour minister and member of the Fabian Society. It seems that history is now repeating itself, complete with the resurgence of left wing antisemitism. Perhaps, Sir Sadiq, your moment in history has arrived!
90 years ago today, Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts attempted to march through and intimidate a predominantly Jewish area of the East End.
Men, women and children, alongside local residents, trade unionists and anti-fascist protesters, came together to defend the community in what became known as the Battle of Cable Street.
They taught us an important lesson: communities can resist fascism by joining together.
Hate and antisemitism had no place in London then, and it has no place here now.
There used to be an easy way of resolving the matter of honouring multiple saints on the same day…
The @USCCB now faces an issue that 2 of the most popular optional memorials will be on December 9: St. Juan Diego & Bl/St (soon) Fulton J. Sheen. We should work out a way to be able to celebrate both.
Quite the rebuke of a number of forms of secularism, which seem indistinguishable from government over-reach and State monopoly on conscience.
‘A just secularism therefore does not consist in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but in committing to ensuring that the State and religious institutions dialogue with one another and join their forces in the service of the common good.’
Fr Gary Dench retweeted
The annual ritual of reviving and then cancelling the Chagos Deal under a new Prime Minister whenever the Americans object to it was originally a pagan festival, actually
UK to review Chagos Islands deal after Trump's latest criticism bbc.in/47io0Gw
Attitudes like this are one of the reasons these crimes took 10 years to be taken seriously. They are also a reason why the disgusting evils being committed against girls today may well not come to light any time soon.
'Is Elon Musk clear that a lot of grooming cases he talks about happened ten years ago?'
Rory Stewart explains why he believes there are more important issues facing Britain than gangs of 'predominantly Pakistani Muslim men' grooming women and girls.
Watch in full | youtube.com/watch?v=qmf26sXu… | @RoryStewartUK | @michaelgove | @elonmusk
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The rape gang phenomenon is an ongoing issue, with prosecutions for crimes as recent as 2025. The Casey review cites ongoing prevalence in new investigations, occurrence nationwide rather than a single small group, and the cover up by various police forces.
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1/10 This is a curious move. There is a strong case for changing a law which singles out Catholics and Jews for exclusion. In a country where Christianity itself is now a minority faith, that discrimination is difficult to defend.
EXC: Legislation to remove the constitutional bar on Catholics advising the King on Church of England appointments being introduced in the Commons tomorrow
It’s our first Catholic prime minister’s first bill
thetimes.com/article/deee4ae…
9/10 Yet when his Catholicism apparently places its first concrete limit upon what he may do, his immediate response is not to accept that boundary but to legislate so that his faith no longer impinges upon his freedom of action.