The news media do not come out well, either. The obsession with Knox’s looks was infantile
Authors
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest and a doctor of moral theology. On Twitter he is @ALucieSmith
The resilient French Church shows that Catholicism survives no matter how repressive the regime
Monday, 3 October 2011
In Tours a fine basilica was built on the site of a vast medieval church knocked down during the Revolution
The Loreto Sisters gave Wangari Maathai her campaigning spirit
Friday, 30 September 2011
The late Nobel Prize winner never forgot her debt to the Loreto Sisters
Secular society is like a plant without roots
Friday, 23 September 2011
Because we know less and less of the past, we know less and less of ourselves, and who we are
The day I saw a saint’s blood become liquid
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Ten years ago in Naples on the feast of St Januarius I prayed as I had never done before
Downton Abbey is a fantasy of the past. That’s why we love it
Monday, 19 September 2011
In it we watch the only aristocrats on earth who seemingly never care about money
Johann Hari’s apology relies on Catholic expressions of penance
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Indeed, he could not help but mention the Pope
The 9/11 flag-burners oppose what is true and beautiful
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
What struck me about these extremists was the sheer ugliness of their attitude
Despite his brilliance, St Augustine did produce a few duds
Monday, 12 September 2011
But he was a wonderful writer and preacher: his Confessions ranks as one of the greatest books ever written
Why on earth did French revolutionaries persecute and murder enclosed nuns?
The fine parish church of St Jacques in Compiègne has a side chapel dedicated to 16 Carmelites martyred in the Revolution