Iris Murdoch’s fiction still stands up 30 years after its publication, but what about the moral questions it posed?
Authors
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest and a doctor of moral theology. On Twitter he is @ALucieSmith
Iris Murdoch – one of the 20th century’s greatest writers, perhaps, but was she a philosopher?
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
St Augustine is a guide to what it means to be human
Thursday, 20 October 2011
His theology derives from experience: he is the great enlightener of the need for grace
If only the residents of Dale Farm had been treated with more mercy
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Now it is too late: the law has taken its course and the law, once it gets going, is difficult to stop
The freeing of Gilad Shalit shows Israel’s humanity – and Hamas’s blood-chilling cruelty
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
His kidnapping five years ago has done the Palestinian cause no favours
The Joanna Yeates trial and the Salvation Army chaplain who heard a confession of murder
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
The details of the case have been distressing: surely the jury can hear these in private?
The broadcaster RTÉ has apologised for falsely accusing a priest of abuse. It’s not the first time for Irish media, sadly
Monday, 10 October 2011
Let us hope they will be more careful in future
Why on earth did French revolutionaries persecute and murder enclosed nuns?
Friday, 7 October 2011
The fine parish church of St Jacques in Compiègne has a side chapel dedicated to 16 Carmelites martyred in the Revolution
The Amanda Knox case is an indictment of Italian justice
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
The news media do not come out well, either. The obsession with Knox’s looks was infantile
I will pray for Gaddafi on All Souls’ Day
The treatment of Gaddafi’s corpse was a disgrace – and now he is with God we can pray for him, as we pray for all the dead