Bishop of Arundel and Brighton says Catholics are still talking about the papal visit and ‘the outpouring of grace that was witnessed’
Topic: Bishop Kieran Conry
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Bishop Conry and Bishop Hollis have just proved how wrong I can be
The papal visit, says one, is an ‘outpouring of grace’; the ordinariate, says the other, a ‘journey of faith’: not what I would have predicted