D.H. Lawrence once wrote a poem he called ‘History’, which reads like this: The listless beauty of the hour When snow first fell on the apple trees And the wood-ash gathered in the fire And we faced our first miseries. Then the sweeping sunshine of noon When the mountains like chariot cars Were ranked to…
Hate isn’t the opposite of love; indifference is
Pope Leo XIV blesses a newlywed couple at the end of his general audience August 6, 2025, in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media.

Fr Ronald Rolheiser