The Cardinal's Lecture
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor | 26th February 2009
Gaudium et Spes
JOY and HOPE
The Shape of the Church: Past, Present and to Come...
Thursday 26th February 2009, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, London SW1
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| Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor |
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor was ordained in 1956. He was Rector of the English College in Rome before becoming Bishop of Arundel and Brighton in 1977. He became Archbishop of Westminster in 2000 and was created a Cardinal in 2001. He is President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

