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No Inquisition
Resignation does not mark purge of liberals Those who wish to portray the resignation of Fr Thomas Reese as the start of an assault on intellectual freedom under Pope Benedict......
We Are Free To Choose Best Teachers
From Mr David Lindsay SIR – As a Local Education Authority governor of a large Catholic comprehensive school, I have so far been involved in appointing one headteacher, two......
There Is No Conflict Between Love And Regulations
From the national coordinator of the Catholic Action Group SIR – Unlike others we welcome Mr Stead’s perfectly democratic but misguided letter (May 6) attacking the Catholic......
From Mrs Clare Webber Sir – Michael Stead’s Letter Is
rather confused. He states that Jesus warned against too rigid an interpretation of the law, and mentions the example of adultery being committed in thought, not just act.......
Series Of Lectures On Europe At Westminster Cathedral”....
has expressed this concern? Second, who believes that Jean Vanier, or Fr Timothy Radcliffe, or Mary McAleese or – for heaven’s sake – Bob Geldof (who last Wednesday thundered......
Montanists”, To Come To Terms With The Then Cardinal...
own definition of the primacy of conscience at the time of Vatican II: “Over the Pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority there still stands one’s......
Ing On 15 Hours Per Day. Intensive Feeding Forces Growth
and the liberal use of antibiotics curtails disease. Most of them are forced to sit on their own excrement. It is a short life of pain and suffering, which ends in slaughter of......
From Mrs Jennifer Pothecary Sir – Fr Chaloner’s Article Was
truly brilliant. Obviously there will be some who argue that the Church’s role is to care for human souls, but the human soul is always improved by compassion towards the......
Tragic Creatures
From Mr Alan Clayton SIR – Fr John Chaloner (Feature, May 6) writes beautifully about his cat and animals in general. “All animals, birds and wildlife, speak to us about God’s......
Disagreeable Voices
From Mr Esme Howard SIR – In your sympathetic and comprehensive tribute to Pope Benedict XVI, Piers Paul Read (Comment, April 29) writes about “old-style liberals” and......
No Bias On Eu
From the press secretary to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor SIR – You make three insinuations in your leading article (May 6) on the departure of my highly respected colleague,......
Skin-deep Devotion
John Paul II tattoo is a kitsch too far There is now a great deal of unlikely and outlandish John Paul II papal memorabilia available to buy, much of it commemorating his death.......
50 Years Ago This Week
When I met the Bishop of Leeds [John Carmel Heenan] while he was in London for the bishops’ low week meeting, I noticed that he was wearing a tiny gold cross in his lapel. He......
The Vital Ministry Of Silence
T his week I celebrated the funeral of a baby who had survived just a matter of hours. Human words are pretty useless in the face of such loss. This is a lesson quickly learnt......