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You Shall Not Kill
HUMAN LIFE Is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with the creator, who is its sole end.......
Ministry To Homosexuals Within The Church
From Mr Kevin Mahoney Sir, Luke Coppen's article (Aug 13) is wide-ranging and interesting. However it makes incorrect assumptions about EnCourage. We do not offer "a way out of......
From The Revd Robert Nugent Sir, I Should Like To
respond to Luke Coppen's article on the CDF's decision to prohibit my ministry to homosexual Catholics: 1. The original mandate of the Maida Commission was to examine my public......
The Purpose Of Sex
From the Revd. Hugh MacKenzie Sir, Your compelling angle upon "procreation of children as the primary" purpose of sex (editorial, August 13) shows up a false distinction in......
An Unfortunate Error
From the Revd K. Casey Sir, In my letter in last week's Catholic Herald, the words "So conscience can't be the ultimate criterion of morality: truth may be", should have read......
Where Do We Go?
From Mr A MacAlister Dear Sir, Professor Raw's question about whether heaven is a place or a state ('Where do we go from here?") is in the same class as that asked of Our Lord:......
Africa's Civilisations
From Mrs Martha Sidhu Sir, Mary Kenny's "analysis" of the situation in Sierra Leone (August 13) is disturbing, not least because of the ignorance it betrays. She says that her......
Mother Teresa's Sisters
From Rev Abraham rli Kadanthott 1 (I Sir, For a second time in a year you are publishing incorrect information about Mother Teresa's Sisters. First Luke Coppen reported that......
From Mr Edward Bell Sir, It Was Heartening To Read
your editorial of 6 August. Its ecclesiology was both orthodox and historically informed. In reading the editorial and the associated correspondence, I was reminded of a passage......
From Mr John Hindmarsh Sir, Behind All This Discussion Lies
an important fact. Following a point made by David Foster (Aug 13), it is possible to consider an attack on the Curia as really a veiled attack on the Pope, the real underlying......
From Mr E Pimentel-pinto Sir, I Should Like To Point
out that the words quoted by Daphne McLeod, "the body of bishops has no authority unless united with the Roman Pontiff' are not to be found in Lumen Gentium 25. Daphne McLeod......
Mrs Mcleod Is Not Mistaken About The Teaching Of Lumen
Gentium: "The college or body of bishops has no authority unless united with the Roman Pontiff.. as its head (22); " the Pope is "the perpetual and visible source and foundation......
Scottish Anti-popery
ANTI-CATHOLIC PREJUDICE, it has emerged, was one motivation behind an attempt to prevent the election as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates (a senior position in the Scottish bar)......
The Archbishop's Man For Westminster?
Wm{ succession fever gripping the press and dominating clerical gossip, I have done a little lateral thinking and am pleased to reveal a new piece of intelligence. But first, a......
Latino Heart-throb Ricky Martin Has Has Finally Revealed...
inspiration behind his astonishing pop success. The hip-swivelling songster behind such modern classics as Livin' La Vida Loca was taught to sing, and yes, even to dance by the......
"there Is No Sense To The Very Idea That A
single occurrence could bring down the world. Time is in God's hands. So a solar eclipse, in this sense, in itself has no meaning whatsoever" So there. The world would be a......