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Comic Relief The Bitter Truth
I CATHOIJC HERALD OWCS its readers an apology. Last week, our main news story was based on an assumption which we believed to be true, but which we have now discovered to be......
Cloning: A Corrupt Committee
GIVEN THE RECORD of the present administration and Government it was entirely predictable that the Rt Rev Richard Barnes, Anglican Bishop of Oxford, should have been selected as......
Silent Pain Of A Secret Supporter
SPARE A THOUGHT for poor Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham, who's been suffering under the strain of divided loyalties. The archbishop, who comes from Crosby, Merseyside,......
Bopping Away In The Jungle With Limpbizkit (who?)
From Mr Daniel Bath Sir, As a Church musician following the mostly ill-informed debate over Cardinal Ratzinger's remarks on liturgical music, I was astounded to read Fr......
Versus Apsidem
From Mr John Beaumont Sir, You report (March 9) that the high altar at Westminster Cathedral is to be brought forward to permit the celebration of Mass directly under the......
Comic Relief — The Bishops' Guidance
From the acting director of the Catholic Media Office Sir, Our front page report, 9 March 2001, giving Red Nose Day a clean bill of health was welcome. It contained one major......
From Mr Kevin Cahill
Sir, We welcome the coverage your paper gave to Comic Relic.? and Red Nose Day but would like to correct one factual error that appeared in both your leading article and the......
War And Peace In The Holy Land
From Bro Damian Clemas Sir, Has Gerard Noel or Simon Caldwell ever lived for any certain length of time in the Holy Land since the so called Oslo Agreement? If they have they......
From The Hon Gerard Noel
Sir, I read the letter of Mr David Hirst (9 March) on Israel with great interest but without being, convinced. Most of his points dealt with matters other than those related to......
Persistent Witnesses
From Mrs Katie Grant Sir, I would like to add the word "persistent" to "heretical and potty" when describing Jehovah's Witnesses. Two months ago, my mother answered the door and......
Killing Foxes
From Mrs Bridget Harrington Sir, Mary Kenny's article "A Sense of Balance on Animal Rights" (March 2) was not worthy of her usual excellent comment. What is the difference, she......
Completing Fr Rolheiser
From Mr Howard Lowe Sir, I write not to discredit Fr.Rolheiser's article on the Eucharist, which richly expresses Jesus' love for us, but to complete what he began. Whilst the......
When Is A Pope Not A Pope?
From Mr William Morgan Sir, As the (unnamed) regular reader of your newspaper, whose printed newsletter was referred to by Brian Brindley in Charterhouse Chronicle (March 9), I......
Defending The Truth
From Mr John Bishop Sir, Mrs W Atherton (Feb 23), castigates the valiant Daphne McLeod for insisting that the truth concerning the use of the general absolution be made widely......