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Soul Of The Embryo
We need a deeper debate on human cloning So the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has granted a licence to Professor Ian Wilmut to generate embryos to harvest stem......
A Spiritual Giant
The abiding message of Sister Lucia Future generations of Catholics will, in all likelihood, come to regard the late Sister Lucia as one of the spiritual giants of the 20th......
50 Years Ago This Week
V ATICAN Radio has been calling attention to the fact that some newspapers have been confusing the Ven Don Miguel de Manara – whose beatification cause has recently been revived......
Opus Dei And The Price Of Pain
From Mr Frank Green SIR – In questioning the Pope’s “care and attention” in making Josemaria Escriva a saint (Books, Feb 11) the woodcarver Septimus Waugh evidently belongs to......
The Day I Left Plater Was One Of The Saddest Of My Life
From Alison Stanton SIR – My letter concerns the closure of Plater College (Report, Feb 4), a place that holds very fond memories and a place where I grew academically and......
Lay Seminaries
From Frances Chivers SIR – Fr Mark Minihan (Feature, Feb 11) states that, in his 67th year he is in the December of his life. Where does that place the 84-year old pope? I’m two......
Abysses Of Hell
From Frances Scarr SIR – For those who suggest that there is no hell (Feature, Feb 4) or that no one goes there, I would like to refer them to St Faustina Kowalska's Diary . She......
The Lie-in King
From Roger W Bidt SIR – Nick Thomas (Media Matter, Feb 11) has hit the nail on the head. Middle-class drug users deserve no sympathy. It is not just weekends that are frittered......
Pastor Iuventus
John Paul II, we depend on you I celebrated a birthday, or rather marked it, on a busy day much like any other, except that we had Mass and Exposition in the evening (we were......