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The Pope's Political Burdens
THE CONCLAVE which elected Pope Leo XIII in 1878 was very different from almost every conclave that has preceded it for several centuries. For the Papacy had recently lost all......
Stand And Be Counted
THANK YOU for publishing Fr Jim Kennedy's outspoken article `Time to Stand Up and be Counted'. How refreshing for the bewildered laity to hear priestly voices saying so clearly......
Respected Cardinal
DAVID HILL on Cardinal Merry del Val filled me with disgust. The allegations that he interfered with the election of Pope Pius XI and that he actively supported Mussolini are......
By Fr Paul Sanders .
Can there be any "Catholic" 'alternatives to Mrs Victoria Gillick's proposal for saving our children? WM BECAUSE I believe there is a better Catholic way than that proposed by......
The Evil Behind Smoking
ADDING TO Lord Beaumont's excellent review, June 8, each year in this country more than 100,000 persons die of smoking dependent diseases. The global figures of death are so......
Biased View?
LORD BEAUMONT, whom Heaven preserve, has no need to apologise for or to explain his comments. They were clear and to the point. I have for years received, unsolicited, Fr Van......
The Challenge Of Liberation Theology
WHY DID my letter regarding liberation theology evoke a response against Marxism? The two are not synonymous. The starting point for liberation theology is God's creation and......
Unfair To Anglicans
YOUR REPORT that the Bishops' Conference "was prepared to consider individual applications of married convert clergy for acceptance as candidates for the priesthood in the......
`when M Rome • .
CATHOLICS of Kuwait first, second or third world citizens — include Arab and European Catholics, servants and householders, men and women. They live in the shade of real Islam;......
Medi Ugorj E Message
THERE SEEMS little reason to doubt the sincerity of the six boys and girls, and their parish priest, who described apparitions of the Blessed Virgin, especially in view of the......
Christ The Indefinable
CORRESPONDENTS recently have put forward a letter of Publius Lentulus, giving a physical description of Christ. Publius Lentulus is a purely fictitious person. Caxton's large......
Change And Decay
FR RAPHAEL Appleby ("Helping the young grow into Faith") June 1, says "thirty years ago young people believed that not to go to Mass was a mortal sin". When did deliberately......
Giants Of Yesteryear
WHERE are the giants with the pen? This has been asked ever since the death of Belloc and Chesterton. So it is left to a Mother of ten children to defend the church's teaching......