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Under Hutton's Gaze, Everyone Is Tarnished

David Twiston Davies Th e nearest equivalent to the Hutton inquiry into the death of the government scientist Dr David Kelly must he the Watergate hearings of the mid-1970s.......

In The Future

THIS YEAR'S Youth 2000 summer festival of prayer in Walsingham was attended for the first time by no less than three bishops, among them Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. There......

A Speculation Too Far

BISHOP VINCENT Malone has been indulging in some interesting and origi nal speculations on the sacraments of holy unction and reconciliation. Writing in a new book entitled......

True Scandal Of Vatican Letter Controversy

From the Revd Gareth A Jones, B Th, JCL Sir, One has become accustomed to "sleight of hand" in the reporting of matters which touch upon the Catholic Church. The suggestion that......

Pole Recalled

From D M Frances Byrne Sir, In 1982 a courageous young priest of our parish negotiated with the Anglican vicar and parish council of Emsworth for an annual Mass to be offered in......

'anti-catholic' Bbc

From Mr Andre Zaluski Sir, I have not yet written to the BBC protesting about the proposed screening of the cartoon Popetown, because I find it difficult to condemn something I......

From Mr Tom Conlon Sir, Further To Alan Bookbinder's Article

(August 8) and Fr Andrew Byrne's letter (August 22) I do not see how anyone could maintain that the Today programme's reporting of Catholic affairs has not been tendentious and......

Our Lady's, Preston

From Dr S P Platt Sir, My wife showed me the Catholic Herald (August 22) with a look of horror on her face. In a week's time, our eldest son is due to start attending Our......

Bishops Still Retain The Trust Of Priests

From Bishop Hugh Lindsay Sir, I often played snakes and ladders with young children; it would be unwise now. 1 share priests' anxieties over our vulnerability to unfounded......