Page 4, 10th May 1985
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Catholic Herald
Hollow Victory THE HEADY WEEK of celebrations connected with the anniversary of VE Day has, ironically, left a bitter-sweet taste in many mouths. Though deeply thankful for 40......
At The Feet
of Christ APROPOS `To stand or kneel'. If such a thing as Catholicism without the Pope were possible, Henry VIII might be said to have conformed to it. Four months before his......
Firm Stand On Abortion
IT IS interesting that it takes a member of an interdenominational group to challenge Nicholas Coote as to his views on whether contraception does or does not lead to a greater......
Vocation, Or Simply Just Another Job
FOR SOME weeks - Catholic teachers have been taking part in industrial action organised by the principal teaching unions. This action, taken with great reluctance, has come......
Diminishing Sacrament
IN HIS article April 19, Mr Coyne makes the case "for the Blessed Sacrament - to be reserved in a beautiful and dignified chapel of its own . . ." The idea of a Blessed......
Pro-life Overkill
WOULD THE campaign against abortion be more effective if the various bodies concerned combined forces? appreciate the importance of the issue, and in fact I have recently......
Moral Issues
I WOULD agree with Dr 1 C Gibbons thesis that there are properly defined areas within which contentious issues should be considered. But as a medical student I feel that those......
Welfare Vat
THE RECENT case (referred to in a letter on April 26) decided that, for the purposes of VAT exemption, Welfare extends to services concerned with the physical, mental or......
Jim White Considers The Lessons To Be Learned From Urban...
Lesion or lesson of shanty towns? IN A RECENT Viewpoint on April 12 my friend Peter Donaghy admits that after his recent visit to Chile he was unable to answer curious friends......
Helto Spread Thefaith
T HE help which is given us by the Propagation of the Faith is deeply appreciated. it would be impossible to carry out all our various undertakings and commitments for the......
Ecumenically Speaking
FEW British theologians could speak with more authority on the question of ecumenism in general, and the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) in particular,......