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Mortgaging Our Future
WHY is it that Britain allows 60 to 70 per cent of its 16-year-olds to leave formal education? Cardinal Basil Hume, in his address to the North of England, Education Conference......
The Agony Of Tibet
As the Baltic nations shake themselves free of the disintegrating Soviet empire, it is worth remembering that the future does not look so bright for the subjects of Tibet,......
The Charismatic Group Referred To By Bernard Murphy...
did give a sense of release to some of its members. The group rapidly deteriorated into a highly emotional extravagance of activity not at all holy. In the church at mass a few......
This Morning I Spoke On The Telephone To A Priest
I have never met. Re addressed me as "love". It was not the first time, so perhaps it is time for a few words about this matter. Some Catholic women do not object to being......
Points Of View
CONGRATULATIONS on your editorial "A new bishop is appointed" (February 23). It is encouraging to know that the spirit of the National Pastoral Congress is alive and well, and......
Peter Hebblethwaite's Remarks About The Universal...
2) were careless in the extreme. Only when a development of doctrine is under consideration can the laity be consulted. The Universal Catechism will surety be concerned with......
Why We Go To Mass Each And Every Sunday
THE distress of Pearl Penrose (February 16) at the thought of Sunday mass-going under compulsion must surely have touched the Sacred Heart. Could she perhaps see it from another......
Voices Of Dissent On Sandinista Poll
IT is not surprising, perhaps, that a liberal Catholic newspaper should have been attracted by aspects of Nicaragua's Sandinista regime, particularly in its early days. In the......
Mary Mcdade's Response To Pauline Coughlin's Letter...
a perfect example of the "pot calling the kettle black". Worse, this is exacerbated by the fact that Ms McDade, in admitting that she does not understand the meaning of ihe word......
One Reads William Hudson's Letter (february 23) With A...
sense of gloom. Is it really necessary to return to the 4th century to find a recommendation for our government's policy on "defence", and is not the history of innumerable wars......
It Is Really Too Bad That Those Who Advocate Nuclear
deterence always seem to assume that anyone who opposes nuclear weapons is a "Ieftie". It would be as well to remember that it was a Labour government in Britain that started......
Biased To The Core?
I HAVE never understood why people — and particularly public figures — work themselves up into such a lather over the BBC. Woodrow Wyatt and Norman Tebbit, the Little and Large......