Andrew C Leach
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Catholic church musician in the Ordinariate, singer, liturgical geek. Retired analyst programmer. There won't be tweets about commuting. All opinions my own.
Everyone's talking about the AI encyclical, but maybe take a look at what Leo said to leaders of ecclesial movements and new communities this morning: amywelborn.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/mov… "Here I would like to emphasize the importance of this dimension of communion with the Church as a whole. At times we find groups who close themselves up and think that their specific reality is the only one, or that it is the Church, but the Church is all of us, it is much more! And so our movements must truly endeavour to live in communion with the entire Church, at diocesan level. The bishop is therefore a very important figure of reference, and if a group says, “No, we are not in communion with this bishop, we want another one”, this will not do. We must try to live in communion with all the Church, at diocesan level as well as at universal level. In this light, we can better understand the meaning of fidelity to the founding charism, which constitutes an indispensable point of reference for the governance of an ecclesial community. Every authentic charism already contains within itself fidelity and openness to the Church. To govern in a manner faithful to the founding charism therefore means finding in it the inspiration to open oneself to the journey the Church is undertaking in the present, without becoming entrenched in the models—however positive—of the past, but allowing oneself to be challenged by new realities and challenges, in dialogue with all the other members of the ecclesial body."
We need a general election.
Reform UK councillors in Kent have put forward rule changes that will allow for the reading of the lord's prayer and singing of the national anthem before council meetings. As you can imagine, the Green's are beside themselves with rage. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
The major event of the next fortnight will be the King's Speech on 13th. May. Watch out for a set of major radical proposals to be introduced by Keir Starmer's Labour Government. Then the media will have real news, not gossip and speculation, to report.
The UK’s exit from the EU single market has been an economic disaster. Most estimates now show: 1. UK GDP is around 4–6% lower than it otherwise would have been 2. Business investment fell roughly 10–15% below trend 3. Trade volumes and manufacturing competitiveness weakened sharply He was one of the main architects of this project. The damage to British industry, growth and long-term competitiveness is a direct consequence of that political choice
This is the single most genius diplomatic gesture I have ever seen.
JUST IN: 'Archbishop' Mullally Leads Pope Leo XIV in public prayer in the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting with Dame Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to lead the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. During their audience at the Vatican, the Pope encouraged Catholics and Anglicans to continue the path of dialogue and unity, acknowledging that new challenges have made full communion more difficult. He warned that it would be a “scandal” not only to fail in the common mission of making Christ known, but also to stop working to overcome divisions, “no matter how intractable they may appear.”
