Hope Street
When I was in Liverpool in the sixties, there was much more religious tension than there is today.
Part of the reason, was the leadership of the two great churchmen; David Sheppard and Derek Worlock. They are commemorated in this joint statue in Hope Street.
The Sheppard-Worlock Statue
Note how you can see the Anglian Cathedral in the picture. From behind, you can see the Roman Catholic one at other end of Hope Street.
The Sheppard-Worlock Statue from Behind
Incidentally, Derek Worlock was a coeliac. I have a feeling that rulings by the current Pope would mean that he couldn’t be ordained as a Catholic priest today. Religion should be about inclusion and tolerance and not the reverse.
The Anonymous Widower 
That is appalling, not ordaining someone because they have CD. We have five of us in our church, including the minister, who are CD. All the communion stewards have been trained in how to avoid contamination, and there are special wafers for us – everyone else has a chunk from a crusty cob.
Comment by liz | March 20, 2011 |