Page 11, 12th August 2005
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No More Excuses
We have waited long enough for the Missal Non-Catholics sometimes depict the Church as run by a mercilessly efficient central bureaucracy. They obviously have no experience of......
A Terrible Thing
The bombs that spoilt our victory The Catholic Herald ’s leading article of August 11 1944 eloquently expressed the anguish of the Christian conscience after the bombings of......
50 Years Ago This Week
Do Catholics go to Mass on holiday? This question, framed by a sceptic, prompted me to ask, on the contrary: how do harassed parish priests in seaside resorts cope with the......
Keep The Dancing To The Parish Ball
From Mr Joseph G Bracewell SIR – Angela Alexander-Fishwick’s lament for liturgical dance (Letters, July 15) contains a classic example of using Scripture to further one’s own......
Schools, Not Parents, Are To Blame For Religious Ignorance
From Mrs Daphne McLeod SIR – Your report (July 22) on Not Easy But Full of Meaning , which Bishop John Hine presented, made very sad reading. Faithful Catholic parents and......
Spine-tingling Music
From Mr Ronald Shillingford SIR – At last the Vatican has said that bad church music no longer will be accepted at Mass (Report, July 29). I must say, however, that it has taken......
Anglican Logic
From Mr Alan Whaits SIR – Speculation on a further outflow of Anglican clergy to Rome (Report, July 15) as a result of promotion of women has suggested two propositions. One: If......
Wives And Sisters
From Mr John Trappes-Lomax SIR – Fr Frank Johnson supposes that 1 Corinthians 9:5 shows that St Peter and some of the other Apostles were married. He has been misled by “to be......
Fostering Vocations
From Mr Arthur Palmer SIR – The Archdiocese of Westminster is currently discussing the restructuring and running of its parishes, due to the shortage of priests and vocations.......
Pastor Iuventus
A sort of bagatelle week of holiday, visiting friends and doing all those things you can’t do when you have to be within 20 minutes of the hospital and summoned by a bleeper. It......