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The Catholic Herald
Established 1888 Imagine a future in which assisted suicide is legal T he House of Lords decision that the Director of Public Prosecutions must clarify the criteria used to......
In Praise Of Homely Pubs
T emperance campaigners of old such as William Booth and Father Matthew would be surprised to learn that in the 21st century British pubs were in such a dire state that......
Letters To The Editor
Have we forgotten the great truth about the Holy Eucharist? From Fr Thomas Crean OP SIR – Dom Aldhelm Cameron-Brown (Letters, July 24) is of course right to say that the......
United At The Polls
From Mr Peeter Vosu, leader of the Estonian Christian Democrats and chairman of the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM), and Johannes de Jong, political adviser of the......
Newman’s Spiritual Father: A Saint In Waiting
From Mr Kevin Heneghan SIR – Many of us will share Christopher Keeffe’s delight (Letters, July 24) that Cardinal Newman is to be beatified next spring. The time, however,......
The Dangers Of A Softer Stance On Suicide
From Mr Jim Allen SIR – I see that the bishops’ conference Day for Life is “aware of the complex causes that lie behind suicide” and implies that some may still be saved......
The Spirit Is Not Confined To The Vatican
From Mr Philip Butler SIR – Don McGovern (Letters, July 24) seems to include me among “modernists” who loathe the miraculous and reject the Resurrection. In my letter of July 17......
Waiting For Rome
From Mr Bernard Ellis SIR – There are people who continually misrepresent the true facts about Medjugorje. Fr Vlasic (Report, July 31) asked the Holy See to be dispensed from......
Inexorable Distance
From Mr Michael Lord SIR – Archbishop Vincent Nichols (Interview, July 24) may be no fan of the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, but what prompted his needlessly hurtful......
Wilde’s Kindness
From Mrs Mary Hunt SIR – Oscar Wilde (Letters, July 31) was once at a gathering of famous writers and intellectuals of his day when he saw, sitting in a corner, a little girl......