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Why Benedict Xvi Will Be Following The Olympics
p ope Benedict XVI said last Sunday that he would be following the Beijing Olympics, which begin today, with great interest. His comment raised a few eyebrows because unlike his......
Bright News From Lourdes
A t a time when so many British citizens are braving the elements and holidaying at home, the one bright piece of news for foreign travel agents comes from an unlikely source.......
I Feel Strongly That Children Born Outside Marriage Are...
disadvantaged, and yet I found myself passing on congratulations to an unmarried mother. How could I have avoided hypocrisy in such a situation, without giving offence? It is......
Pastor !indium
We need a return to reverence T he horrifying news of the American professor desecrating a Host he claims was stolen from the Brompton Oratory does not, I am sad to say, come as......
How The Labour Party Alienated Its Traditional Catholic...
From Jim Dobbin, chairman of the AllParty Parliamentary Pro-Life Group and Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton SIR Jill Segger (Comment, August 1) shows very little......
Defending Treasures
From Mr Bernard Ellis SIR I have been in correspondence with Donal Foley for several years and have told him many times that I greatly respect him as a writer but regret he uses......
Anglican Aspic
From Mr David Chapman SIRI think Antony Charles Ryan (Letter, August I) largely misses the point about those Anglicans in this country considering reception into the Catholic......
Dangerous Assertions
From Mr Joseph F Foyle SIR Not for the first time Fr Ronald Rolheiser (Last Word, July 25) makes contradictory and dangerous assertions in relation to suicide. After saying "the......
Even Today We Must Believe In Miracles
From Mr Paul J Burnell SIR Thank you for Simon Caidwell's front-page report (August 8) on the possible miracles that could lead to the beatification of Sister Elizabeth Prout.......
Did Liturgical Reform Discourage Vocations?
From Dr Nick Le Poidevin SIR Bill Spowage's letter (July 18) likening the ritual of the extraordinary form to magic and spells continues a denigration of the traditional Mass by......
From Mr Tom Mcintyre Sir Tom Van Der Linden (letter,
August 1) is wise to look to the Catechism of the Catholic Church to explain pro multis in the Mass. The relevant sections, though, are 599-618, particulady 605. Yours......