Page 15, 25th December 2009

25th December 2009
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From Mr Philip Audley-charles Sir – Most Catholics Will...

that the proposed Equality Bill (Report, December 11) will merely be another of the many Acts passed by Parliament in the last 12 years in an ideological conflict with the......

A Happy Medium

From Mr David Lindsay SIR – I attended St Chad’s College Durham’s Advent procession by kind invitation of the College Officers and Fellows. The old place is on very good form.......

The Pope’s Green Passion Warms The Heart

From Mr Kenn Winter SIR – Pope Benedict’s call for “concrete action” to combat global warming, from his study window in the Vatican to thousands of pilgrims gathered in St......

Priests Should Heed The Papal Preacher

From Mr Edmund P Adamus, director of the department for pastoral affairs of the Diocese of Westminster SIR – In view of the threat posed by the Equality Bill (Report, December......

A Sick Minority

From Mr Kevin Greenan SIR – My late mother was a day pupil in a convent school in Co Monaghan in the 1920s. Only years later did she finally realise why the girls boarding in......

Ecumenical Effects

From Mr Michael Hodges SIR – I was rather annoyed by Fr Paul Browne OSB’s letter (December 11) in which he stated the translation of the response et cum spiritu tuo as “and with......

Death Of Conscience

From Dr Christopher Shell SIR – Christian registrar Lilian Ladele, unwilling to conduct civil unions, lost her appeal this week, trumped by “modern liberal democracy”. The Court......

Catholic Dilemmas Q. 148 Whether One Should Eat Brussels...

Obj. 1. Undercooking the sprouts leaves them inedible, whereas overcooking them releases the odour of brimstone. Neither outcome is fitting for the feast of Christmas. Obj. 2.......

Thought

FOR THE WEEK None of the philosophers before the coming of Christ could know as much about God and things necessary for eternal life as after the coming of Christ a little old......