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Priestly Bloggers Are A Great Gift To The Church
e did not know until this week that the word “blog” was in the Holy Father’s vocabulary, but there it is – tucked away in his message for World Communications Day. The Pope......
Anglo-catholicism: A 19th-century Invention Or The Full...
From the Rev Anthony Reader-Moore SSC SIR – I am sorry that Robert Ian Williams has responded to my recent article, “Anglo-Catholics do have a real patrimony” (December 11), in......
From Mr Robert Ian Williams Sir – I Must Take
exception to Dr Richard Lawes’s comments (Letter, January 22), claiming that I am “lambasting the Pope’s initiative” as regards the proposed Anglican ordinariate. I have never......
From Mr John Lovett Sir – The Ever-recurring Problem Of
suffering comes into focus when tragic events like the Haiti earthquake and tsunamis occur; this time receiving some new and interesting answers from Mark Dowd (Comment, January......
From Mr Francis Reilly Sir – Having Read Mark Dowd’s
article, “Where was God when the earthquake flattened Haiti?”, and afterwards watched The Big Questions on BBC television on Sunday where the same subject had a 20-minute......
Cleaning Newman
From Mr Edward Evans SIR – The Fathers of the London Oratory’s intention to dedicate a chapel to Cardinal Newman (Report, January 22) is interesting and welcome, but every time......
From Mr Matthew Huntbach Sir – Nick Thomas (comment, January
22) seems unaware that the state school system we have now is not as he describes, but the result of reforms initiated by Sir Keith Joseph as Secretary of State for Education in......
A Wrong-headed Assault On Just War Theory
From Colonel James Bogle SIR – John Yoder’s teaching on just war is unrealistic and of little practical value (Books, January 15). He argues that cooperation between states and......
Taking A Little Wine
From Mr Christopher Keeffe SIR – So Bob Gillies, the Anglican Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, has criticised the Benedictine Monks at Buckfast Abbey for producing a fortified......
Changing Confession
From Mr Philip J Butler SIR – Donal Anthony Foley’s response (January 8) to my letter on the practice of Confession (December 11) quite fails to address the issues I raised.......
From Mr Maurice Billingsley Sir – There Is Much To
be said in favour of setting up small Catholic schools, but they must not be founded haphazardly (Report, January 15). Francis Davis suggests that movements within the Church......
St Peter’s Precedent
From Mr Arthur van der Straeten SIR – In her excellent commentary on Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue (Feature, January 22), Anna Arco says: “Such a papal......
We Want St Gkc
From G Richards SIR – I was most interested to read the interview with Aidan Mackey (January 8) as I was lucky enough to meet him once myself. His view of the world is most......