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Popebenedictxvi From Feared Doctrinal Enforcer To A Pope...
Page 8 from 14th April 2006Luke Coppen: It’s April 19, 2005. The white smoke drifts into the Roman air. The thick red curtain flutters on the balcony of St Peter’s. And......

The Debate On ' The Church'
Page 6 from 20th September 1963By XAVIER RYNNE THE schema De Eeelesia was taken up at the 31st General Congregation, on Saturday, December 1. Cardi nal Frings of Cologne was in......

Pope John's `revolution'
Page 6 from 27th September 1963Pope John, on the very first day of the assembly "handed the Bishops a Magna Carta whose full revolutionary import is only gradually being realised......

The Church's Request For Pardon, Far From Being A Mere
Page 5 from 17th March 2000'apology', must be understood as an act of solidarity with Christians through the ages, and a necessary condition for future spiritual growth.......

How To Be A Christian In 1979 Your Answers
Page 3 from 13th April 1979Poverty means relying absolutely, for everything, upon God. It means relying on God alone for your eternal salvation and not upon any so-called......

Letters From Vatican City
Page 6 from 30th August 1963Vatican Council II (First Session) Background and Debates By XAVIER RYNNE According to Pope John, it was towards the end of 1958, shortly after......

Some Books Of The Week
Page 6 from 17th August 1935Know Your Own Times Religkm and the Modern State. By Christopher Dawson. (Sheed and Ward, 6s. net.) Reviewed by F. R. HOARE. " When the......

Christian Renewal And Marriage
Page 4 from 3rd January 1975'For me there can be no massive Christian renewal which does not make marriage the pillar, the cornerstone, the basis of the return of Christ in......

Holy Land Search For Historic Jesus
Page 10 from 13th November 1987DURING a recent visit to Israel a fellow traveller asked the following question: Would an agnostic or someone whose faith had nearly lapsed be......

‘i Discover Spirit In The Dirt Of Existence’
Page 6 from 13th May 2011James MacMillan tells Michael White that he would rather leave the world of opera than have to compose a piece about Diana Y ears ago, when I first......