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Pope Brings Wisdom To The ‘liquid’ City Of Venice
B enedict XVI’s visit to Venice provided an irresistible photo opportunity: the image of a Roman pontiff bobbing in a gondola on the Grand Canal. But what happened next was,......
No Springtime For The Copts
E gypt’s Copts are the largest Christian community in the Middle East. It is fair to say that, for them, there has been no “Arab Spring”. Just before the fall of President......
Short Homilies Are Not Enough To Keep Our Young People At...
From Mrs Daphne McLeod, chairman of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice SIR – I was interested to read Joseph Foyle’s letter (April 29) advocating shorter homilies as a way of keeping our......
Catholics Have Much To Learn From The Wonderful Royal...
From Dr Godric Dearing SIR – Attending the vigil Mass the day after the royal wedding service in Westminster Abbey, I could not help being struck by the contrast of the dignity......
The Ruling On Catholic Care Creates An Aristocracy Of...
From Mrs Ann Farmer SIR – How terribly sad that in the interests of “diversity” the last authentically Catholic adoption agency may be forced to close (Report, May 6), or to......
The Latin Liturgical Texts That We Have Received Are Not...
From Mr C J Feetenby SIR – I read Stratford Caldecott’s article (Feature, April 29) on the translation of pro multis with interest. It seems to assume that the Latin texts we......
Depriving The Reader
From Mr Alan Bartley SIR – Notwithstanding Anna Rist’s indignation (Letter, April 29) she has failed to provide a single example of a significant phrase coined by the......
Magnetic Courage
From Joan Poole SIR – Regarding sexuality in marriage and celibacy (Letter, April 22), I hope that we are not competing as to which of us has, “the harder row to hoe”, as my......
Baptising Lincoln
From Brother Paul Hurley SVD SIR – Ed West (report, April 15) states that Abraham Lincoln “may have been a Catholic”. There seems to be no doubt about this. The US Catholic......
Anyone Convinced By This Pamphlet Is Not Right For The...
From Dr John Newbery SIR – Robert Ian Williams (Letter, May 6) does the Personal Ordinariate a great favour by drawing attention to the pamphlet published by the Anglican......