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The Pope And Mother Teresa: A Shared Vision
IT is striking that John Paul 11 chose to mark his 25th anniversary as Pope by beatifying Mother Teresa of Calcutta. When the saint of the slums died in 1997, few could have......
Doubts Over The Purpose Of The Lisieux Trust
From Mrs Joanna Bogle Sir, I am puzzled by Sister Myra Poole's letter (Oct 17) claiming that her Lisieux Trust "does not promote women priests". She states that has taken no......
From Mr John Kearney Sir, I Am Grateful That Sr
Myra Poole has cleared up this misunderstanding of the aims of the Lisieux Trust. I hope she will forgive me for asking a question which now arises from her response. If indeed......
Dame Felicitas Corrigan: A Great Woman And A Gifted Friend
From Mr Alexander Myers Sir, It is with deep sadness that I write this letter following the death of Dame Felicitas Corrigan. For me she was, and always will be, a great woman,......
From Mr Gregory Taylor Sir, David Lindsay (letter, Oct 17)
is right in much of what he says, particularly in his criticism of the Conservative Party. However, in his almost, I would venture, fanatical obsession with the Labour Party he......
A Vital Role
From Dr Anthony Cole Sir, As a medical lecturer and recent visitor to South Africa I must criticise the very simplistic representation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the BBC's......
Offer It Up
From Mrs Mary J1441cox Sir, With regard to the letter (Oct 10) from Joan Sweeting about three persons who from receiving Holy Communion until the end of Mass spent the time......
Nolan And The Law
From the Revd Peter Hooper Sir, Responding to Bishop Lindsay (Oct 17), with respectful obedience to his office, he has failed to hear the plea in my letter. In the recent past,......
Suetonius Says
From Mr John Trappes-Lomax Sir, Quentin de la Bedoy6re (letter, Oct 17) writes: "we know that Christians were seen as sufficiently a nuisance in Rome by the 40s for Suetonius to......
Aboriginal Vicar
From the Revd Brian Storey Sir, While applauding and much respecting what Jim Allen writes in his letter (Oct 17), I would like to point out that Cardinal Newman's respect was......
The Day The Roman Pilgrimage Came Home
David Twiston Davies T he greatest surprise, for me, of the Pope's 25th anniversary celebrations was not the major events or the assessments of his reign, but the experience of......