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A Great Blueprint For The Renewal Of The Priesthood
S t Therese of Lisieux, one of the great saints of the modern era, entered her Carmelite convent with two intentions: to save souls and pray for priests. The French saint had a......
A Catholic Hospital Is Saved
T he Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in St John's Wood, London, is a Catholic foundation established in 1856 under the protection of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Following......
0 Come All Ye Faithless
L ast Friday we sent an e-mail to Richard Dawkins asking him what he did on Christmas Day. We received no reply. On Sunday, however, the professor told the BBC that he was a......
By Fr Tim Finigan Catholic Dilemmas My Friend Has Lived
for 30 years expecting a great calamity which she believes was prophesied by Our Lady at Fatima. She is storing up food and gold bullion, and her life has become sadder than it......
Pro-choice Activists Are Determined To Undermine Church...
Name and address supplied SIR The YouGov poll claiming that 43 per cent of "Catholics" support abortion (Leading article, November 30) was conducted by Catholics for a Free......
Keeping Us Safe
From Mrs Maureen Bell SIR If a law is enacted by a legitimate body, if that law is not immoral, if the person carrying out that law exercises reasonable discretion and then......
Inspiring Others To Seek Reunion With Rome
From Mr Francis C 11 R Bailey SIR I was saddened to read (Report, November 30) that Cardinal Kasper reportedly said: "It is not our policy to bring that many Anglicans to Rome.......
A Medical Fallacy
Front Dr Michael Jarmulowicz SIR I fully support every word written by Fr Tim Finigan in response to the pressure to abort a severely deformed baby (Catholic Dilemmas, November......
We Should Not Be Restrained By 'good Taste'
From Mr Gus Thomas SIR The Rev Joanna Jepson (Comment, December 7) insists that "We do not need gore to show the horror of abortion, despite the fact that that is apparently......
A Close Season
From Mr Raymond Ryden SIR Please may we have a close season in speculation and, even more, in betting odds as to who will be the next Archbishop of Westminster? Few of your......
A Horrific Auction
From Mrs Susan Thomas SIR I am appalled that a respectable auctioneer would consider selling a book bound in the skin of a Catholic priest (Report, December 7). Would they sell......
Finding God In The Real World
A part from some well-meaning parishioners wishing me "Happy Christmas" as they left Mass on the Second Sunday of Advent, I am managing to retain some sense of this holy season,......