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A Sticking Point
in ecumemsum THE significant correspondence between Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury on the subject of ordination of women to the priesthood within the......
Mffic Of Human Kindness
THE call for Christian tolerance in Northern Ireland issued last week by an Inter-Church group in that tortured province seems to have received disproportionately small......
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Truths that musn't be toyed with I WAS saddened to read Professor Hastings' examination, June 13, and his attempt in it to justify and applaud the ambiguity in the Church of......
Let's Give Thanks For The Liberals
1 READ with great satisfaction Adrian Hastings' comments, June 13, on the recent statement of belief put out by "the Anglican Episcopal Magisterium". He makes two points which,......
'kicking At' The Virgin
ADRIAN Hastings' assessment of the Anglican bishops' document, June 13, has done a grave injustice to Catholic theology. He fails to note the fatal contradiction in the Anglican......
Kneelers Are In Saintly Compan
FR PLACID Croney's advice, June 6, to continue to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and kneeling put me in mind of the words of St Thomas Aquinas: "The dispensing of Christ's......
Maturity In A Spiritual Sense
THE following observations need to be made when debating the appropriate age for the reception of the sacrament of confirmation. Firstly, in the Eastern church babies are......
Man Can't Usurp The Authority Of God
I FEEL sad that some people, June 13, disagree so strongly with the movement within Catholic education circles to prevent the inclusion of birth control techniques and......
Info's Not The Answer
IT AMAZES me that anyone should suggest as Mrs Egdell does, June 13, that our teenagers are uninformed. Isn't it more likely that they are being bombarded on all sides with......
Fill Priest Gap With Married Men
THE CHURCH in this country needs to begin to prepare mature "married men" in our parish communities for ordination in the 1990s. In 1972 Karl Rahner wrote - the following: "If......
'you Only Pass This Way Once '
Tips on how to make sure they don't detour through church Dear Malignant WHEN YOU are dealing with creatures of time, it is always a complicated and frustrating business. You......
Our Confidence Is In Our Faith
W E have accustomed our Christians to do their best to support the needs of their neighbours but there is widespread poverty which puts a limit on our capabilities. We are truly......