Download Bulletin 9th November 2025

Remembrance sunday

FR HUGH’S HOMILY FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA

It was on a trip to Rome in the 70s that I first saw the Lateran Basilica.  I was thinking of a quick walk round but when I got there the whole square in front of it was filled with people for a Communist demonstration and listening to their leader Berlinguer.  The basilica has always sat in the middle of Rome surrounded by whatever was happening in the city, even featured in Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck and Godfather III, and today we celebrate its dedication, its birthday you might say….

Complete Homily for The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Daily Prayers Week 32