Page 4, 25th December 1987
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Cold, Worldly Seasonal Comfort
CHRISTMAS 1987 comes after a year of disasters. Those who have escaped death, injury or serious illness, for themselves or for their families, can be duly grateful. The......
Giving And Receiving In The Best Tradition
CHRISTMAS is often described as a family feast. People traditionally have stayed at home. After Mass the children open their presents, and so do the adults. In some families the......
Aspects Of Crippling Australian Anger
Viewpoint A RECENT visit to Australia started for me in Melbourne in the summer. There were lovely days with family sprinkled in between retreats, talks and meetings. There were......
No Special Scheme For Vaughan
I AM sorry that Mr Obertelli (Letters December 11) should misread my letter and then suggest that I have regard neither for courtesy nor truth, both of which virtues are of......
Columnist Dilemmas
MAY I express my surprise that you should publish an article (Dr Joyce Poole, December 4) by a Catholic doctor who not only questions whether an embryo is human before 14 days......
Guiding The Hearts And Minds At Christmas
My dear Friends, Seven hundred years before our Saviour's birth, the prophet Isaiah said, "The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in deep......
A Chilean Prisoner Hoping For The Best Present Of All
I CAN'T forget a young Chilean woman who has been separated for six years from her little son. Her name is Cecilia Radrigan Plaza and she has been in prison since 1981 for her......
It Would Only Take A Few More Minutes To Write
a short, polite note to the Chilean Minister of the Interior, requesting Cecilia's release on compassionate grounds. It should be sent to: Ministro del Interior, Ministerio del......
Unecumenical To Ignore Protestant Suffering
I AM nonplussed by Fr Clifton's description of Foxe's Book of Martyrs as "infamous." It lists the sufferings of about 273 ordinary people burnt alive for their religious......
Irish Co-operation
OUR LONDON organisation exists to raise funds for the immensely important work of our parent body in Ireland, known there as Co-operation North. Our cross-border programmes......
Distinctive Nature Of Unified Protest
MANY of we Catholic headmasters have now received a fine document from the bishops of England and Wales entitled "The Distinctive Nature of the Catholic School". The basic......
St Lefebvre?
BARRY Lillis, in his Viewpoint (December 11), describes Archbishop Lefebvre as a saint. No-one would like to pass judgement on the strange conscience of one who seems to believe......