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Acid Test For Community
You CANNOT LOCK the Spirit in a box, as Bishop Mervyn Alexander of Clifton is perhaps finding out with much heartache. The pervasive exuberance of the Neo Catechumenate......
Melanie Mcdonagh
To forgive our enemies THERE IS SOMETHING about war commemoration which brings out the best and worst in people. During the VE Day celebrations there was a certain poignancy in......
G.k. Chesterton And His Canonisation
I DISAGREE WITH both Melanie MacDonagh and Desmond Albrow (Catholic Herald, 2 June) about the cause of GK Chesterton. Yes, of course he could be silly even offensive sometimes......
To Be A Christian Is To Be A Revolutionary
THE CATHOLIC HERALD'S headlines "Czech married priests seek recognition" once again brings into question this present Pope's stand against a married clergy. Fortunately the Holy......
Christianity And The Handicapped
As THE MOTHER Of a daughter with learning disabilities (mental handicap), I have been concerned for some time that, whereas we hear a great deal in Church circles about......
Church's Teaching On Sex Is Correct
How SAD TO READ the negative views Dr Dominian takes of the Church's teaching in the field of sexuality during the past 2000 years (Catholic Herald, 19 May). His well-worn......
Alice Is Wonderful; Leave Her Alone
CONGRATULATIONS ON your columnist Alice Thomas Ellis. It is so refreshing to read someone who not only calls a spade a spade, but can command the language to do it so......
And Moreover...
ALICE THOMAS ELLIS is no alone in wondering wh: bishops seem so insensitivt to the views of those of thei flock who don't like wha they see happening in th( Church. Dan O' Meara......