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The Catholic Herald
A daring appointment that shows the Pope’s priorities R arely has an episcopal appointment been greeted with such unanimous approval as that of Bishop Bernard Longley to the......
Prayer
Jessica d’Este II Prayer defies Whingeing Giving rise To breadth of being Giving wings This is from a collection of 52 poems entitled Prayer published in pamphlet by Impress......
Catholic Dilemmas
By Fr Tim Finigan It will not be possible for me to arrange a christening party for my baby for some time. Can I do the baptism myself just in case, and then have the Church......
Letters To The Editor
Don’t rely on statistics to measure the health of the Church From Mr John Stevens SIR – Your leading article on the expected papal visit to Britain (October 2) was bracing, but......
Pius The Righteous
From Mr Christopher Keeffe SIR – Gary Krupp’s plan to propose Pope Pius XII as “Righteous Among the Nations” (Report, October 2) is worthy of merit. Through due to the bias and......
Pursuing Happiness
From Lesley Bennett SIR – It was refreshing to read, in your interview with Fr Robert Barron (October 2), that Catholicism can involve the pursuit of happiness here and now,......
Pilgrims Are Free To Travel To Medjugorje
From Fr James Mulligan SIR – I must protest at the totally misleading information in the report “Bishop reiterates rules for Medjugorje” (October 4). The report states that......
A Difficult Journey To The Czech Republic
From Mr Martin Czerny SIR – Benedict XVI’s visit to the Czech Republic (Report, October 2) appears to have been fairly successful despite the circumstances attached to visiting......
Happy Christians
From Mr Patrick Dickinson SIR – I was in thunderous agreement with Will Heaven’s comments about the off-putting nature of feel-good Christians (Notebook, September 4). I am by......
Parasitic Tendency
From Mr James Bruce SIR – Notwithstanding the important points he makes on the issue of population and climate change, Dr Dermot Grenham (Comment, September 24) does seem to......
Forming A Panel
From Mr Anthony Spencer, honorary secretary of the Pastoral Research Centre SIR – Since the Catholic bishops’ conference de-classified all Newman Demographic Survey (NDS)......
A Saint In Space
From Mr Barry Swan SIR – I am not sure what Minette Marrin in the Sunday Times meant by “the starry progress of the relics of the Little Flower” (Report, September 25). Perhaps......