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Human Beings Will Always Create A Broken Society
D o we live in a broken society? The answer to that is: yes, we do. We have done so since Adam and Eve. The struggle we the gravity which pulls us towards evil and the......
We Need God's Ambassadors
A ll editors dream of printing an article that is so incisive that it becomes a talking point for the world's opinion formers. The editor of The Economist did just that last......
My Immune System Is Lowered And I Have Decided Not
to receive Holy Communion from the chalice because of my need to avoid any minor infections. Is this a lack of faith and trust? Due care should be taken when administering the......
Pastor Luventus
An insight into liturgy at the Proms M any of our regulars are away, and there seemed to be a lot of visitors at Mass on Sunday. The schools don't go back for another full week,......
Surveys Cannot Measure The Need For The Traditional Mass...
From Mr Jim Allen SIRFr Benyon is a fair man and has conducted a poll to see what kind of Mass his flock "likes". His conclusion is that a mere 10 per cent prefer the Tridentine......
From The Chairman Of The Association For Latin Liturgy Sir
The question of the use of Latin for the celebration of Mass is rather more complex than the impression given by Fr Christopher Benyon (Letters, August 17). It is not simply a......
From Mr Damian Rhodes Sir I Have Always Been A
supporter of the work that Amnesty International has done to fight human rights abuses such as torture, false imprisonment and the death penalty. The recent decision (Report,......
Hume's Law
From Mr Michael Dugdale SIR Further to Fr Tim Fmigan's comments in Catholic Dilemmas (August 17), might I add a suggestion which the late Basil flume was fond of advising, and,......
From Mr Tim Field Sir -the Bowdlerisation Of Hymns Remarked
upon by Peter McGauley (Letters,August 14) is nothing new. One of the greatest hymns ever written in English is Newman's "Praise to the Holiest in the Height", part of his poem......
From The Operations Co-ordinator Of St Pauls By...
SIR While I concur with Peter McGauky over the "systematic and foolish tinkering" with the wording of traditional hymns, may I assure him that all is not lost. Although the......
From Mr Tony Connolly Sir Fellow Parishioners To Whom I
have spoken were, like Peter McGauley, irritated by McCrimmon's crass tinkering with the words of "I'll sing a hymn to Mary from which all mention of wicked men has been......
A Good Friend Of The Jewish Community
From Sir Sigmund Sternberg, the president of the Movement of Reform Judaism SIR It is a great pleasure for me personally and as president of the Movement for Reform Judaism to......
Christ And The Club
From Mr Mike Farren SIR I read with interest the report "Catholic wages campaign against offensive poster" (August 10). While I applaud Alan Whelan's stand, I would suggest that......