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A Time Bomb On A Short Fuse
CONGRATULATIONS are in order for a document prepared for the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales by the Committee for International Justice and Peace under the august......
St John Vianney Yesterday Was The 200th Anniversary Of The
birth of St John Vianney, better known as the Cure d'Ars. Pope Pius XI, who canonised him in 1925, later proclaimed him the patron of parish priests. His uncanny insight into......
Basic Truths Of Faith
WHATEVER Fr John Jay Hughes says about the so-called intrigues that led up to the publication of the document Apostolicae Curae and whatever the "theological developments" since......
A Majestic Instrument
I AM preparing a biography of one of the most noteworthy English organ-builders of the first half of this century, John Compton. If anyone has any personal recollections of Mr......
Yours Sincerely
YOUR ARTICLE, April 18, "The 'tragedy' of Whitehall" by Frank Field, MP. Civil Servants do not receive "massively generous retirement pensions". The maximum possible pension for......
Closing Colleges
I WAS sitting a few feet from Bishop Mullins when he spoke at the Catholic Teachers' Federation annual conference in Leeds on April 5, (Catholic Herald, April 18). According to......
Rejuvenating A Tired Faith
THIS YEAR I was privileged to take part in my first-ever Tyburn Walk and because it was such a wonderful experience, I would so like to share it with all readers. If you or your......
Run Of The Mill Sinners
LIKE Helen Wood, I have been saddened by the instruction to reserve services of Reconciliation with General Absolution for emergencies. I have found it very helpful in periods......
Prayer, The Lifeline To The Father
MANY THANKS to Mrs O'Neill for her kind and balanced comment on the China Church situation. Several years ago, the Holy Father sent a personal letter to every Bishop in the......
Qumran Manuscripts Bear Out Jewish Learning
THE SECRETARY of the Protestant Truth Society, in his letter of April 25 writes "it is clear that the Jews at the time of our Lord's earthly ministry did not accept the......
Mr Roberts, In His Letter Published On April 25, States
that "It is clear that the Jews at the time of Our Lord's earthly ministry did not accept the Apocrypha as canonical". Since we know that there was no Jewish canon until AD 90......
Improving The Commonplace Of The Mass
WE ARE grateful for your generous publicity of the work of the Association for English worship appearing in your issue of April 11. We note with satisfaction the bishops'......
Some Total
IN RESPONSE to Bridget Reynolds re the homeless destitute. If every Catholic in this country were to donate just £1, then the grand sum of £3 to £4 million pounds would be......
Gratuitous Advice
I share Mary Cawley's anger and amazement at C G Rothon's gratuitous advice for would-be lady priests. I, too, am !comforted by the tolerant and generous reaction of subsequent......
High, Dry And Sold Down The Proverbial
NOW that the final nail has almost certainly been driven into the coffin of De La Salle College, Hopwood Hall, the breakdown of the merger negotiations between Hopwood and the......