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`the Last Judgment Is Not An Image Of Terror, But Of Hope'
Page 6 from 7th December 2007In these two extracts from his historic encyclical Spe Salvi' Pope Benedict XVI criticises the assumption that moral well-being rests on political......
2002 A Testing Year
Page 2 from 27th December 2002for the Church Part 1 Simon Caldwell and Luke Coppen recall the year's outstanding events January T he New Year began with a forthright attack......
Bishops' Diaries
Page 10 from 13th October 2000October 15 to 21 ENGLAND Archbishop C Murphy-O'Connor (Westminster): Sun: Anniv of Holy Father's Election. Cathedral. 10.30am. Preaches, [Dation......
Americas
Page 5 from 29th November 2002Hell is real, says Cardinal Dulles A SENIOR American Cardinal has said Hell is real, contrary to what many modern Catholics may think. Cardinal......
‘the Church Helps Everyone
Page 8 from 14th August 2009‘I know homeless people who’ve taken a beating. Sometimes it’s from other homeless people and sometimes it’s from people just on their way home.......
Reformation
Page 8 from 9th March 2007A ttitudes to the Reformation in later centuries tended to be influenced by the propaganda put out in England at the time, for England became the......
Hope Without Illusion
Page 8 from 29th August 2008I n my flat I have a copy of a striking Crucifixion by the French artist Georges Roualt. A recent visitor stopped to study it. Then she turned......
Appalling Mysteries Of Love
Page 7 from 14th November 2003In the second extract from his new book on literary giants of the Catholic revival, Father Ian Ker considers how the dramatic tension between......
Ireland's Day Of Reckoning
Page 11 from 10th October 2003The once mighty Irish Catholic Church is paying a heavy price for its former privileges, argues Vincent McKee The End of Irish Catholicism? by D......
A Better Breed Of Bishop
Page 9 from 19th January 2001Andre Gushurst-Moore on a tale of rascally priests, snooty canons and inspiring faith A Bishop's Tale: Mathias Hovius Among His Flock in......