Author: Frank Regan

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Sofia

Our Wounded Body Politic

This winter of 2022-23 has shaken our society and awakened us to a situation in which the lives and welfare of millions of our fellow citizens are seriously at risk. As one who professes to...

Sofia, Reviews

The Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor

Hearing Jus0ce in John’s Gospel by Kathleen Rushton SCM (London) 2020. Pbk. 242 pages. £25. The Booker Prize winning author Margaret Atwood said some time ago that ‘context is everything’. The context of this book...

Sofia

Broken Bodies in a Broken World

Frank Regan writes about suffering bodies and the political eschatological vision of a New Humanity ‘in Christ’ on its well cared-for Earth. Upon being invited to contribute to this issue of Sofia my memory jumped...

Sofia, Reviews

Review: Morning Homilies by Pope Francis

Morning Homiliesby Pope Francistranslated by Dinah LivingstoneOrbis Books (New York, 3 vols 2015–2016). £11.99 each. In the 2000 year history of the Catholic Church Popes come and Popes go. Most are forgotten. A few are...

Sofia

Can Pope Francis Save the Catholic Church?

Frank Regan weighs up the chances. The simplest answer to the above question is: No. However the No answer might be too simplistic because Pope Francis is creating an ecclesiastical situation in which voices not...