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The Pope Brings Hope To American Church In Wake Of Abuse...
Page 8 from 26th December 2008Mark Greaves and Ed West look back on 2008, the year that Benedict XVI won respect in America JANUARY The year began with reports that Tony Blair......

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......

The Vatican
Page 2 from 11th December 1998VATICAN CITY—Bishops from Oceania attending their pre-Jubilee Synod have included among their final proposals an apology for sexual abuse by clergy......

Uncertain Frontiers
Page 8 from 16th March 2007he Church claims universality: what is declared in one place as truth must be received as truth everywhere or it cannot, by definition, be......

Puzzle Of Why Newman Is Not 'st John'
Page 8 from 16th January 1976ONE of the surprises of this last Holy Year was that Cardinal John Henry Newman was not canonised. It was widely rumoured that he was to be "raised......

Is The Battered Image Of The Newman Fair?
Page 4 from 2nd January 1970By John O'Keeffe IN recent years the Newman Association, which exists for educated Catholics to harness 'their talents to the service of the......

The Minds Behind, And Inside, Vatican Ii
Page 6 from 5th October 1962`YOU SHALL BE MY WITNESSES' EXPERT ON UNITY CARDINAL BEA, Si.. Presi dent of the Secretariat for Christian Unity and a member of the Central......

Israel Must Form Unity Out Of Its Diversity
Page 8 from 1st June 1973By Desmond Sullivan I JERUSALEM After its 25th birthday celebrations Israel settled down to ordinary living in a very thoughtful frame of mind.......

The New And Universal Catechi
Page 5 from 27th May 1994SM Peter Hebblethwaite (below) examines the importance of the new Catechism as a set of universal spiritual guidelines that require adaptation to......

Let Us Restore Bond Of Charity
Page 4 from 8th December 1967by ROSEMARY HAUGHTON envy of other Churches, you said. It was enviable, because (with sad exceptions) it was truly an expression of love. There......