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In The Confessional
am told by those who should know that the custom of reciting the act of contrition while the priest is giving the absolution is not followed in many countries on the Continent.......
May Queen Unsuitable Customs
SIR,-May I and many others add our wholehearted support to " Lancastrian " for putting into plain English what many people have been thinking for a long time on " May Queens "......
Charity By Covenant Deed
S IR,-1 am sure there would be tremendous financial gain for the Church if only people under stood that less tax is suffered by every person who enters into a covenant or......
The `two-way' Traffic
SIR, - Miss Sheridan's letter had induced me to do a little searching of heart and mind which has brought home to me the harsh unpleasant truth that mixed marriages despite the......
President Coty And The Pope
SIR* -I submit that you have misrepresented the reason for M. Coty's recent visit to the Pope in your report headed " Forty Years a Bishop " in the issue of the CATHOLIC HERALD......
Prayer And The H-bomb
We are given to understand that self-defence is lawful. but what use would medieval arms be against the might and ingenuity of 20th Century attacks? Can any of your readers •......
Nuclear Weapon
SIR,-While still holding Mr. R. R. Stokes in deep respect and affection, I cannot help feeling that on this occasion his robust judgment has been deflected by party loyalties.......
Our Political
Social Apathy SIR,-In her article " Do Catholics Need a Workers' College?", Jennie Hawthorne asks some very pertinent questions which may be summed up in the one great question......
Our Lady In This Country
qiR,-I am grateful to my namesake-Mr. J. B. L. Tothurst-for drawing my attention, and that of your readers. to the fact that I had placed the date of the introduction of the......
'james Joyce's World'
"-, IR,-In spite of his neat alignment of Newman, Hopkins and James Joyce, Neville Braybrooke's review of Miss Hutchin's book calls for slight amendment. The waiting room with......
A Eucharistic League
Sir,-In Fr. Basset's article. " All Sorts" (March 8. page 6) he speaks of St. Mary's parish, Bradford, as one that has been faithful to watching before the Blessed Sacrament foi......
Catholic Adult Discussion
S IR'Jotter's paragraph on the address of Mgr. Carboni, Apostolic delegate to Australasia, recalls to mind some impressions 1 received on visits to Sydney in recent years. In a......
Covenants And School Debts
SIR'-Replying to Miss M. C. Davies in your last issue; there is no necessity for covenant payments to be made through a bank and the extra tax which will he incurred by those in......
Casement Diaries
S IR, - Professor Denis Gwynn concluded his long and interesting review of Alfred Noyes' book " The Accusing Ghost " with the statement that " part at least of the documentary......
Converts' Testing
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