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Capitulating To Lefebvre
• • POPE John II, the day after he was elected, declared that the completion of the work of Vatican II would be one of priority objectives of his pontificate. After the Council......
Recognition Not All
AN English priest was visiting the tombs of the Popes in St Peter's, Rome, when an American ecclesiastic asked him what part of Ireland he hailed from. On being told that the......
Marriage,a Community,making In All Two
KITTY and I were married 60 years ago in September. We have never particularly bothered with wedding anniversaries, so it was the BBC who alerted us to the fact when they......
Righteous Recusants And Their Descendants
TWO pieces in the Catholic Herald (October 9) are connected, the Pope's appeal for freedom for Ukrainian Catholics and Leslie Brook's appeal for recognition of English......
Home Truths About The Home Secretary's Compassion
SURELY the congratulations heaped on Home Secretary Douglas Hurd in your editorial of October 16 were seriously misplaced? I am against capital punishment, but to praise the......
Cut Out The Aids Fudge
ONCE upon a time many people resisted the idea that smoking gave them lung cancer; and under-age sex gave girls cervical cancer. Medical evidence has since proved this to be the......
Peak Times For Medjugorje
IN her article on grass-roots bigotry as an impediment to Church Unity (September 18), Mary Kenny emphasises the intensity of Anglican bigotry, where it still exists. I am an......
Termtime Lesson
UNLESS my Catholic Education Council booklet, published as a guide to the Education Act of 1986 has got its terminology totally reversed, Frank Field is mistaken in his belief......
Pilgrim Church Moves Properly Towards Unity
PLEASE allow me to congratulate you on the coverage you have allowed your readers to express the widespread concern felt among Catholics of all tendencies regarding the......
Straight Talking On The Words Of Liturgy
AS one who has spent his life teaching scripture, I feel it incumbent on me to make some comments on your recent leader. I refer to "Plain English" (September 25). As secretary......