Requiem for an Editor

Michael de la Bedoyere was a forerunner of Pope John. He emphasised what Pope John came to emphasise: the need to open windows in the Church.
This point was made by R o be rts, ., in his
Archbishop Thomas sermon during the Solemn Requiem Mass for the former Editor of the Catholic Herald at Farm Street Church, London last awteNVek awteNVek Nothing was said or done 11 which Michael de la Bedoyere had not anticipated during the 28 years he was Editor, Archbishop Roberts stressed.
Concelebrating the Mass with Archbishop Roberts were Fr. Martin D'Arcy, S.J., Fr. Desmond Ford, S.J., Fr. Bernard Parkin, S.J. and Fr. Peter Blake, S.J.
The lessons were read by Iwo of Michael de la Bedoyere's sons, Giles and Quintin.
Among others who attended the Mass were Michael de la Bedoyere's widow and children and former colleagues including W. J. Igoe, Andrew Boyle, Barney Keelan, Hugh Kay and Otto Herschen, now managing director of the newspaper. Readers' tributes Page 5.