/taxonomy/term/34 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /features-july-10-defending-the-birmingham-three-ruth-dudley-edwards-birmingham-oratory <p><b>Author:</b>Ruth Dudley Edwards</p><p> <br />The Dome of the Birmingham Oratory, on Hagley Road</p><p align="justify">News from the Birmingham Oratory, which next month the pope will visit on September 19th, the day he beatifies Cardinal Newman.  Newman's old home is now mired in a deepening scandal: this started with the ex-Provost having a 'chaste but intense' relationship with a young man and went on to see three of its tiny community banished to separate monasteries. These three — two priests and a brother — have become known as the ‘Birmingham Three', as a sense of injustice mounts about their fate.</p><p><a href="/features-july-10-defending-the-birmingham-three-ruth-dudley-edwards-birmingham-oratory"><span>read more</span></a></p> /features-july-10-defending-the-birmingham-three-ruth-dudley-edwards-birmingham-oratory#comments Birmingham Oratory Cardinal Newman Comment Pope Benedict The Birmingham Three The Catholic Church Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:27:37 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 3270 at http://standpointmag.co.uk