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Let Us Go Forward In Faith And Hope
IN HIS address to the Bishops of England and Wales last week, John Paul II examined the spiritual health of our nation. If we may be permitted to extend the medical image......
We Must Recover Catholic Teaching On Life After Death
From Mr Paul Rowntree Sir, It has now for many years been fashionable within the Church, in the West at least, to pretend that Purgatory does not exist. This has led to the......
Cunning Serpents
From Mr Ged Clapson Sir, The term "spin doctor" has become shorthand for deceit and manipulation, and its repetition greatly damages the work being done by professional Catholic......
Coveting Hats
From Mrs Patricia Collins Sir, It is an established fact that the use of language is a powerful force in determining attitudes and mind-sets. Therefore I take issue with your......
Mother's Plea
From Mr J R Sheridan Sir, Blessed Mother Teresa's recent beatification led me to look up a brief story that I'd previously seen on the Latin Mass Society website, written by Fr......
Bishops Accused Of 'institutional Discrimination'
From Mr David Lloyd Sir, In your news item, - Bishops blacklisted by oldrite organisation" (Oct 10) you reported that the Latin Mass Society had named and shamed nine bishops to......
Patient Silence
From the Rt Revd Hugh Lindsay Sir, Fr Peter Hooper (letter, Oct 24) is mistaken; I not only "hear the plea" of priests uneasy about malicious child sexual abuse accusations but......
Plaque Mystery
From Mr Leonard Lanigan Sir, I am writing to ask you to help me solve a mystery in the shape of a cast iron plaque I recently purchased at an auction in Diss, which seems to......
Anti-popery
Fmm Mr S Hodson Pressinger Sir, Many find it astonishing that the "anti-papist" antics in Lewes every November 5 are regarded as inoffensive by the organisers, and ignored by......
Yours Faithfully, Selwyn Hodson Pres Singer London Sw3
The task of 'TR' From the Revd Judith Thompson Sir, For two decades or more, theological students have been encouraged, cajoled or brow-beaten to undertake, as an essential part......
Debating The End Of The Irish Catholicism
From the Revd D Vincent Twomey, SVD Sir, Permit me to comment on three weighty criticisms by Vincent McKee in his review of my book The End of Irish Catholicism (Books, Oct 10).......
The Limitations Of 'millinery Catholicism'
John Gummer ltin is so different being a Catholic. 1 mean of course as opposed to y other Christian denomination. We converts rediscover that every day of our lives. We ought,......