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A Divine Liturgy
Restoring a sense of the sacred is our priority Catholics in England and Wales have been looking forward, not without trepidation, to the introduction of a new translation of......
Olympian Ideals
For Christians, winning is not everything I T IS a happy thought, as the Olympics open, that the new section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which is devoted to the......
50 Years Ago This Week
W HILE Portugal – Britain’s oldest ally – is united in prayer, particularly in Fatima, for peace in Goa, this country will be having one of its greatest celebrations of the......
Orangemen May Welcome Papal Visit
From Mr C D C Armstrong SIR — The front-page headline of your most recent issue, “Pope defies hatred of Orangemen” (July 23), is a little misleading. The only Orangeman quoted......
Care Card
From Mrs Josephine Robinson SIR — Pastor Iuventus (July 23) related a very touching incident, when he was able to give the last rites to a stroke victim, who was recognised as a......
Poles For Parishes
From Ruth Ayres SIR — Last week I talked to a Polish priest who has taken over (for the third year) the East Sussex parishes of Hailsham and Polegate while the parish priest is......
Condoms And The Fight Against Aids Shock And Awe From
the editor of the Catholic Medical Quarterly SIR — The debate on condoms appears to have settled on two bones of contention; whether their use can combat the world wide problem......
We Are Doing It
From a team member of the Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation SIR — I’d like to correct a comment which appeared in “Let’s stop talking about evangelisation – and do it”......
Games Of Death
From Miss Deborah Jones SIR — To watch people run, jump and throw things, 40 workmen have been killed in accidents preparing for the Olympic games in Greece, and 15,000 stray......
New Rite Danger
From Mr Alan Webber SIR — Fr Oswald Baker deserves better than to be posthumously patronised by David Twiston Davies (Comment, July 30). To write that Fr Baker was “not a bad......
Bathing In The Stream Of Grace
T here were two things which struck me about other people’s reactions to my first trip to Lourdes. First of all, they couldn’t believe that I hadn’t been to Lourdes before and,......