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A Free Chinese Church
As we report this week, the Vatican has said that there are no “insurmountable obstacles” to a reconciliation between Beijing and the Holy See. That may be true; but obstacles......
Slowly Does It
Take your foot off the gas, says Benedict Pope Benedict’s advice that drivers should take special care to avoid accidents during the holiday season is a homely, almost domestic,......
Palm Sunday
Salvation at your fingertips A resourceful company called Universalis is charging £30 for liturgical material that can be downloaded to your hand-held computer. This will enable......
50 Years Ago This Week
Gentle, homely and reassuring, Archbishop [William] Godfrey, of whom I subsequently heard it said “he’s given us all a shot in the arm”, told me of his hopes and anxieties for......
Thought For The Week
‘Anyone who rejects the fear of God will not be able to continue in what is good for long.’ THOMAS A KEMPIS......
Paying A Price For Holiness
A fter the Confirmation Mass on the hottest, most humid day of the year to date, I entertain the bishop to lunch and by four o’clock I am on the road, heading for Leeds. I am......
Catholic Social Teaching Has Reached An Impasse
From Mr Francis Davis SIR – Edward Leigh (Comment, June 24) argues that the the bishops of England and Wales have failed us with their Left-wingery and that the Conservative......
Life At Little Gidding
From Dr Jill Segger SIR – May I correct and apologise for an error of fact in my Charterhouse of June 17. The Community of Christ the Sower at Little Gidding did not disband in......
Latin And Lace
From Fr Gary Dickson SIR – It is encouraging to see that Cardinal Arinze (Report, June 17) will celebrate the ancient Rite of Mass for a 2,000-strong group of young people at......
A Bumpy History
From Mr Michael Skarpa SIR – I find a question begging in Neil Addison’s claim (Comment, June 3) that “those who want to establish an Anglican Rite Church are not motivated by......
An Annulment Does Not Brush A Troubled Union Under The...
From Dr Austen Ivereigh SIR – Married to a divorced man, Cristina Odone (Feature, June 24) has rejected annulment, preferring to be excluded from Communion. She has made this......
From Fr Eugene O’hagan Sir – I Was Delighted And
encouraged upon reading Cristina Odone’s explanation of why she still clings to her Catholic faith and continues to find herself at home in the Church despite the guiding reins......