The Venerabile 2025

Editorial
Mr Jack Ryan 5

Features
‘Thank you for taking me back to the piazza’
Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe OP 7
Reflections on UK–Holy See Ties and the Legacy of Pope Francis
Mr Chris Trott 10
Professor Maurice Whitehead – A Tribute
Fr Stephen Wang 13
Homily on the Solemnity of Saint Ralph Sherwin and his Companions
Cardinal Mario Grech 17
On a Venerable German-English Friendship
Mr Jonas Eger, Mr Alexander Deick and Mr Johannes Gold 19
To be Pilgrims of Hope – A Reflection on the Opening of the Jubilee Holy Door in Rebibbia Prison
Dr Alessandro Limaccio 26
Iraq: Portraits of Hope from a Pilgrim Church
Fr James Finnegan 28
A Personal Experience of the Synod on Synodality (2023–2024)
Fr Konrad Grech SJ 34
Jerusalem in Rome with a Yorkshire Saint
Mr Francis Al Samhouri 39
The Venerabile and the Jubilee Years – A Historical Overview
Mr Chris Carling 42
Artificial Intelligence in Academic and Priestly Formation: A Double-Edged Sword
Dr Francisco Hernandez 46
The Challenge of Translating ‘Fratres’ in Inclusive Liturgical Language
Fr Richard Oduor 52
Cambridge, Croquet and Comfy Chairs: A Catholic Seminarian’s Experience on Exchange to Ridley Hall
Mr Luke Theobald 54

News from the College Heritage Collections, 2025
Dr Jane Eade

The Year in Pictures
Mr Andre Nguyen

The College Diary 2025
Mr Barnabas Mercer

Leavers’ Profiles
Fr Konrad Grech SJ
Fr Christopher Warren
Rev. Stuart McGovern
Mr Xavier Ryan
Fr Michael Glover
Fr Simon Liot de Nortbécourt
Fr David Bench
Mr Jack Ryan
Mr Viktor Torres Airava

The Roman Association
The Council
The 156th Annual General Meeting Palazzola 2025 Minutes
News from Old Romans
Roman Association, Rector’s Report, May 2025
Fr Stephen Wang

Obituaries
Bishop John Hine
Fr Gerald O’Collins SJ AC
Fr Ladislaw Orsy SJ

Friends of the Venerabile Report

2024–25 House List