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Quo Vadis?
The BBC is suffering an identity crisis The defenders of the BBC insist that we consider Jerry Springer: The Opera in purely aesthetic terms. It is, they say, an accomplished,......
Hell’s Bells
Give the curé of Clessé some peace Père Alain Ponsar, a former Parisian priest who has retired to the village of Clessé in southern Burgundy, is so fed up of losing sleep on......
50 Years Ago This Week
T HE STORIES of 32 prominent modern converts will be told by a Belgian Jesuit, Fr Drijvers, in the addresses he will give in Bruges Cathedral, in the presence of the bishop,......
Letters To The Editor
Dumbing down the doctrine of hell From Mr Cliff Wale SIR – There is much that is inspiring in your interview (Jan 7) with Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, but he is wrong to say “We......
Why Did God Let The Tsunami Strike Asia?
From Fr J Morrow SIR – Demographers estimate the size of the population of humanity as at least 6,000 million. (China itself, for example, claims more than 1000 million.)......
Private Matter
From Mr Robert P Tickle SIR – I am not a member of Opus Dei but I wish to take issue with your leading article (Jan 7) questioning the movement’s transparency. Opus Dei exists......
Dumb As Fishes
From Mr D Parry SIR – Ronald Rolheiser (Last Word, Jan 7) is right to stress “the inclusive embrace of Catholicism”, and gives some examples of pairs which should be seen as......
Turn The Other Cheek
From Mr John Bunting SIR – Following the television showing of Jerry Springer: The Opera , there are press reports of threats of violence being made to BBC staff members, after......
Undertakers Have No Sense Of Irony
C hristmastide ends and our lovely crib is packed away. The sanctuary seems suddenly rather large and bare without it. Liturgical time plays funny tricks and we have moved 30......