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Even The Dullest Homily Can Be A Source Of Inspiration
A senior Vatican cardinal has said that priests must spice up their homilies if they are to have any hope of inspiring congregations used to the peppy style of television and......
The Ordinariate Cannot Wait
T he Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham set up by Pope Benedict has entered a crucial and rather worrying phase in its development. Small communities of former Anglican......
Lord Nicholas Windsor Has Brought Us To The Heart Of The...
From Alexa Martine SIR – I commend Lord Nicholas Windsor’s closing remarks, (Comment, October 28) regarding post-abortion counselling: “How could what we do for them [women......
At Present The Bishops’ Five-year Plan Is Too Vague To Be...
From Mr Anthony Hofler SIR – I have read the English and Welsh bishops’ plan for the next three to five years (Report, September 23), derived from Pope Benedict’s visit to......
It Is Good That We All Have An Opinion About The New Mass...
From Dr John Bruton SIR – It is probably encouraging to find so many of us delving into liturgical texts to obtain a fuller expression of “the source and summit of Christian......
How We Can Be Certain That New Atheist Richard Dawkins Prays
From Mr Michael Jennings SIR – Richard Dawkins expresses his faith in evidence. It requires a pretty strong faith. Does he have evidence explaining why there is something rather......
Your Mp Can Ensure That The Vulnerable Are Not Starved To...
From Mr Peter Sawyer SIR – Support for the parliamentary Bill Provision of Hydration and Nutrition for the terminally Ill, introduced by the MP Dr Therese Coffey, is urgently......
Why Is Tesco Sponsoring An Event At Which The Pope Is...
From Mr Eric Hester SIR – The National Association of Catholic Families has revealed that Tesco is putting up money to sponsor the so-called Gay Pride parade in London next......
How God Forgives
From Fr Paul Browne OSB SIR – Fr Tim Finigan (Catholic Dilemmas, October 21) advises an inquirer that if a priest in Confession does not use the words “I absolve you”, or their......
A Space For Debate
From Mr Francis Davis SIR – In recent days there has been much debate across the Catholic blogosphere as to whether public figures who hold pro-abortion views should be allowed......
Clerical Bullying
From Mr Peter Unwin SIR – A local priest has told his parishioners in writing that “if we knowingly and deliberately go against the Church’s precept [on Friday abstinence] we......