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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......
John Paul The Great: The Providential Pope
Page 6 from 17th October 2003William Oddie, editor of The Catholic Herald, argues that historians will come to regard John Paul II as one of the most courageous, original and......
The Achievement Of John Paul Ii
Page 6 from 16th March 2001When on October 16, 1978, he was met by some interesting news. "They've just elected a Polish pope," said a colleague. "Ah," Weigel thought, "so......
Our Brother, Joseph
Page 8 from 24th October 2008Josephine Robinson hails Pope John XXIII on the 50th anniversary of his election A ngelo Roncalli, Blessed Pope John XXIII, is sometimes seen as a......
The Face Of Catholic Dissidence Strikes Back
Page 13 from 29th August 2008The controversial theologian's second volume of memoirs is enlightening about his struggles with the Vatican but tends towards self-indulgence,......
Behind The Crimson Robes And Red Hats
Page 13 from 17th August 2007Francis Phillips takes us on a guided tour through the history of English cardinals in this lavishly illustrated and informative new book The......
We Are Lucky This Pope Is ‘ecclesiastically Incorrect’
Page 12 from 29th May 2009Benedict XVI is prepared to suffer ridicule in his battle against relativism, says Alcuin Reid O n April 18 2005 a 78-year-old cardinal, at the end......
The Vatican-watchers Are Proved Wrong Again
Page 10 from 10th February 2006V atican-watching, much like old-style Kremlinology, is an arcane discipline. Like divination in ancient Rome, it is practised by a small, often......
John Paul Was Poland’s Gift To The World
Page 14 from 8th April 2005Mary Kenny I n the 1970s my husband, Richard West, did a lot of travelling in the Slav countries. He had been to Poland several times since the......
Pope Names Five New Cardinals
Page 4 from 2nd February 2001Bruce Johnston on some intriguing additions to the college of cardinals THE GERMAN BISHOP who suggested the Pope could retire was unexpectedly......