Page 4, 11th March 1983

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Reagan's Version Of Liberation

THE VISIT of the Holy Father to Central America has been of enormous spiritual comfort to hundreds of thousands of ordinary men, women and children who have had the misfortune......

Question Box

How did the Second Vatican Council change the sacrament of Extreme Unction?—V.I. IN ITS Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, No. 73, Vatican II taught: "Extreme unction, which......

The Capitalist War Barons

MAY I assure Professor John Rist, February 25, and fellow multilateralists that the unilateralists are as much concerned about multilateral disamament as they are. All the......

Unil Aterally Divided

I WISH more publicity could be given to those Christian people who. although they believe that multilateral, ie balanced, disarmament is the best way to secure peace, are not......

A Humane Canon Law For Priesthood

WITH REFERENCE to the Rev. Owen Thurlaw, Feb 25, the new Code of Canon law seems to be more of a humane institution than a dangerous one. Whether allowing permanent deacons to......

Confession — Is It Still Good For The Soul?

WE. ARE constantly being told that the Church is "the people" and yet on such a vital subject as confession we are not consulted. For far too long the Bishops have been......

Spiritual Role For Women

DR N C MACGREGOR-FAIRLIE, Feb 25m has resorted to an arid one-dimensional argument in denouncing your Editorial, Feb. 11, by alleging you have "no sympathy for not understanding......

I Points

Major Sir Patrick Wall MP CATHOLIC surprise at the Synod vote on the bomb. Feb 18. How does the Catholic Herald define Catholic reaction? What sample has it taken? Or is your......

Question Of Diplomacy

DR MICKLEWRIGHT (March 4) alleges that the banning of a Catholic funeral for Fr Tyrell caused much scandal at the time and that a different attitude would have been taken if......

Missing The Mass

THE MOST interesting and sympathetic article by Father Sanders, Question Box, Feb 25, 'Why do so many young people stop going to Mass?' prompts me to ask what the Church teaches......