At last, an author who grasps how strange and sophisticated the continent really is
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
Tanzania’s vanishing Greek community is a parable of the failures of modern Africa
Friday, 31 August 2012
Why did the Arabs thrive while the Huns and Avars died out? Islam
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Last night’s documentary on the birth of Islam illustrates how powerful religion made Arabic culture
St Augustine can inspire Muslims and non-believers as well as Christians
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
His book Confessions is proof that the human heart does not change much over the years
Prince Harry has damaged the bond between people and monarchy
Friday, 24 August 2012
When the royal family start to behave like ordinary people, they will cease to represent us
Dom Mintoff, a dominant figure in Malta for 30 years, did great harm to his country
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
A friend to Mao, Gaddafi and the Khmer Rouge, he was no harmless eccentric, and knew when to send in his thugs
Catholics should be wary of supporting the Russian Orthodox Church against Pussy Riot
Monday, 20 August 2012
Among the victims of the Putin-Orthodox alliance are Russia’s Catholic minority
What St Stephen of Hungary can teach us about manners
Friday, 17 August 2012
The patron saint of Hungary has lots to teach us in the internet age
What the world needs now is a new toilet
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Inventing a new lavatory would make a huge difference to people’s lives
John Lennon’s Imagine encapsulates so many modern objections to religion
Monday, 13 August 2012
When people stop believing in heaven they often create hell on earth
Don’t believe what you’ve read about Cardinal Martini’s last interview
The cardinal was calling for a religious revival, not for the abolition of unpopular Church teachings