Alms for Oblivion is an entertaining but shallow tale, and not a patch on A Dance to the Music of Time
Authors
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest, doctor of moral theology and consulting editor of The Catholic Herald. On Twitter he is @ALucieSmith
Can there be salvation outside of the Church?
Thursday, 19 July 2012
What happens to a good person who is not a practising Christian?
People become bored by religion because they do not understand it
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
And talk of Hell is not the best way to bring them back
Yesterday’s Appeal Court ruling strikes me as a serious blow to religious freedom
Friday, 13 July 2012
If the judgment is upheld, canon law is to be replaced by employment law
This is the age of addiction. Could Puritanism come next?
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Civilisation never knows what’s around the corner, as present trends rarely continue – in fact, they will probably reverse
Why I’m glad I saw Auschwitz
Monday, 9 July 2012
There are some things that are simply evil in themselves, and never to be justified
The ordinary Polish Catholics who brought down Communism
Friday, 6 July 2012
Communism never inspired love in a deeply faithful people
Poland is still the land of Blessed John Paul II
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Its people have confidence in themselves and the mission of the Church
Tattoos are a matter of taste, not morality
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Personally, I loathe them. But it’s hard to argue that they are per se immoral
As an Olympicphobe I will not be protesting against the Games
Even for those of us who do not enjoy the Games, there are no real good reasons to object to them