Page 13, 25th September 2009
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A Season Of Grace As The Little Flower Blossoms
ast week Bishop Crispian Hollis issued one of the most touching episcopal statements in recent memory. Writing shortly after the relics of St Thérèse left Portsmouth Cathedral,......
Haunted By The Sspx
A s we went to press, Swedish television was planning to broadcast a programme claiming that senior figures in the Vatican knew about the Holocaust-denying opinions of SSPX......
Believe And Enjoy Your Life
F aith, as we report on page 9, is good for one’s health. It helps to relieve anxiety and stress, as well as aiding community cohesion and bonding. As Quentin de la Bédoyère......
Letters To The Editor
Anglo-Catholics are a spent force so the Church should focus on Anglican Evangelicals From Professor David Jowitt SIR – I am mystified by Damian Thompson’s “We should throw a......
Improving Lessons
From Mr Robert Williams SIR – I was interested to read your report (September 18) on the circular letter from the Vatican to our bishops on the religious instruction in Catholic......
Lost In Translation
From Fr Martin Queenan SIR – St Brigid / Briget / Bridget / Brigida / Birgitta has been lost in translation. Godwin Penrhyn-Lowe (Letter, September 18) asserts : “The Brigidines......
Singing Alleluia
From Mr Tim Roberts SIR – Stuart Reid (Charterhouse, September 11) calls for “robust rubrics”. One that has long puzzled me is that for the “Alleluia”: “If not sung, may be......
Edward Kennedy: A Funeral Fit For A King
From Mr Paul Kokoski SIR – One doesn’t have to be a highlevel theologian to know that abortion is murder and objectively evil. Even a child knows instinctively that, according......
Church Teaching Does Not Hinder Our Lives
From Valerie Gamble SIR – Cherie Blair has suggested that the Church’s stance on artificial contraception stops women from pursuing a successful career (Report, September 4).......
Raising Birettas
From G Franco SIR – Many readers will recall your columnist the late Brian Brindley was, in his Anglican days, vicar of Holy Trinity, Reading. On September 2 there took place......
A Stone In The Pond
From Mr Philip Trower SIR – May I throw a little stone into the pond of the discussion about Intelligent Design? For some reason, many Catholics interested in the evolution /......
Walking On Eggshells
From Mr John Deighan SIR – I was interested to read the interview (September 11) with Christopher Caldwell. His work, given the current climate of politically correct......
Thriving Community
From Mrs June Rockett SIR – Dominic Scarborough (Comment, September 4) has overlooked one new community of female religious which is already thriving in England. He mentions......
The Ire Of Pullman
From Mr William Dennett Why is Philip Pullman (Report, September 11) always referred to as an “atheist”? Since the sole object of his ire is Christianity, would it not be more......