Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.

He was elected provincial of England in 1988 then Master of the Dominican Order in 1992. Starting in 2002 he became again a simple member of the Dominican community of Oxford. The subtlety of his thinking together with the simplicity and depth of his language and his strong sense of humor made him a force to be reckoned with in the Catholic Church.