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CC BY-SA 4.0. St. David’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales

By Donald DeMarco, National Catholic Register, February 12, 2026

Donald DeMarco, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow of Human Life International. He is professor emeritus at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario, an adjunct professor at Holy Apostles College in Cromwell, Connecticut, and a regular columnist for St. Austin Review. His latest works, How to Remain Sane in a World That is Going Mad; Poetry that Enters the Mind and Warms the Heart; and How to Flourish in a Fallen World are available through Amazon.com. Some of his recent writings may be found at Human Life International’s Truth and Charity Forum. He is the 2015 Catholic Civil Rights League recipient of the prestigious Exner Award.

COMMENTARY: Welsh Archbishop John Murphy knew that the secular world places its hope on career, comfort and cash. Life, when it does not fit into these factors, is deemed expendable.

Archbishop John Aloysius Murphy (1905-1995), whose life, like that of St. John Henry Newman (1801-1890), spanned the better part of the century in which he lived, is a man worthy of remembrance for several reasons.

During his tenure as archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, from 1961-1983, he became rightly known as “The Builder.” When he arrived in Cardiff, there were only two Catholic secondary schools in the whole of South Wales.

Before the end of the decade, the archdiocese had established 14 comprehensive schools to meet the needs of the thousands of Catholic children in the region. Between 1960 and 1980, Archbishop Murphy supervised the building of 39 churches, 14 new secondary schools and 33 new primary schools. His achievement was both singular and historic. The bishop’s involvement in his building program for the Church, however, did not deter him from making a significant contribution to the Second Vatican Council. …

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The Bishop Who Predicted Today’s Culture of Death — 50 Years Ago, by Donald DeMarco

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By Donald DeMarco, National Catholic Register, February 12, 2026

COMMENTARY: Welsh Archbishop John Murphy knew that the secular world places its hope on career, comfort and cash. Life, when it does not fit into these factors, is deemed expendable.

Archbishop John Aloysius Murphy (1905-1995), whose life, like that of St. John Henry Newman (1801-1890), spanned the better part of the century in which he lived, is a man worthy of remembrance for several reasons.

During his tenure as archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, from 1961-1983, he became rightly known as “The Builder.” When he arrived in Cardiff, there were only two Catholic secondary schools in the whole of South Wales.

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