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Televised Echo Of Another Inauguration
Desmond Albrow FOR sentimental reasons I did not watch the recent televised inauguration ceremony of President Clinton. It would have brought back memories of goodness and......
The Church And The Press
SIR DAVID Calcutt's proposed statutory tribunal has fuelled an angry and predictable response from editors of quaiity and tabloid newspapers in the country. With the main......
Sex Abuse: Evil To Combat
THE REPORT, "The Sexual Abuse of Children", published by the Committee for Social Welfare of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (Catholic Herald, 15 January)......
Band-aid Cure For A Bleeding Heart
THERE would be two conventional replies to Fr Rolheiser's lament "Haemorrhaging of the Heart" (Catholic Herald. January 15). Firstly, that is what Christian hearts are there......
For Better And Worse
YOU quote the spokesperson for the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council as saying that it is difficult to assess the success of marriage counsellors because "at times it is best......
How Many Are We?
IN your article on Sudan (Catholic Herald, 1 January) about the Pope's forthcoming visit, you say there are some 50,000 Christians in the Sudan. The Statistical Yearbook of the......
Chaplains And Students
FOR A traditional young Catholic, arriving at a Catholic Students' Union. such as Brian Dooley described (Catholic Herald, 18 December) must certainly have been a culture shock.......
Church Changes
THE prominent photograph of a Tridentine ordination (22 January. Catholic Herald) prompts us to write. No one could have predicted 25 years ago what lay ahead in the wake of......
Galileo Loved Truth And God
"WITHOUT wishing to defend the action of the inquisitors," asserted J Kowalski (Catholic Herald, 15 January) "they may not be the cruel bigots and suppressors of the truth that......
Outcasts And Disloyal Subjects Of The Crown
WHILE I found Gerard Noel's article on the Royals (Catholic Herald, 15 January) illuminating, interesting and humorous I regret that he did not refer to the hurt Catholics feel......
In The Wake Of Consuela
GERARD Noel is quite wrong in his assumption that the Church of England does not recognise annulment (Catholic Herald, January 15). True, it has no annulment process of its own,......
Musical Ministry At Mass
THE Mass at my church each Sunday morning is attended by a group of about 30 young people, who could be said to indulge in "guitar strumming and folk liturgy" (Catholic Herald,......