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Asylum Reform: Ideal And Reality
Few issues arouse the passions of the British public as assuredly as that of asylum seekers. When the bishops of Scotland and England and Wales issued their statement this week......
Waking Up A Slumbering Laity
A S ANY newspaper can testify, we live in a world of bad news and loss of hope. Yet we have good news: that Jesus redeemed us, that he has overcome the world, and that all......
The Great Patron Saint Debate
L AST WEEK Edward West rode into battle against the cult of St George. He argued in these pages that the fourth-century martyr was a most unsuitable patron saint for the......
Priests Must Be Male, Even In An
From Mr Tim Marsh SIR — Marguerite Pointer’s assertion (Letters, April 16) that the ordination of women priests is inevitable raises yet again the current fashion to pick and......
Pub English
From Fr David Ackerman SIR — Having recently been criticised in The Tablet for my support for the new translation of the Roman missal, and, more irritatingly, not being allowed......
Pin-up Boy
From Mr Chris San SIR — No one wants to abandon the Iraqis (leading article, April 16). We need a peacekeeping force in Iraq where the dominant role is played by Islamic......