Watching the deaf members of the congregation is moving and informative
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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
How Dawkins got the wrong end of the stick about Aquinas
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
St Thomas Aquinas was not proving the existence of God as you would a piece of furniture. He was testing whether the concept of God made philosophical sense
New Atheism has lost its reason
Friday, 30 March 2012
The standard of debate has declined rapidly since the age of Bertrand Russell. It’s up to Catholics to restore intelligence to the God debate
If you really care about the planet, clean up your neighbourhood first
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
The pile of rubbish covering Britain represents a real moral failure
The television programme Titanic was a terrible slur against the British upper classes
Monday, 26 March 2012
Last night’s television drama portrayed the Edwardians in a totally false light
What is sex for?
Friday, 23 March 2012
Anglicans (and Catholics) get themselves in a muddle over gay marriage because they’ve forgotten the meaning of sex
Was it right to pay the ransom to Somali pirates?
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Judith Tebbutt is free, but ransoms raise some impossible moral dilemmas
The process for choosing the Archbishop of Canterbury is absurd and scandalous
Monday, 19 March 2012
The decision is about politics, not prayer
Saudi Grand Mufti calls for churches to be destroyed: will David Cameron mention this next time he’s in Riyadh?
Friday, 16 March 2012
Freedom of religion is non-negotiable
The Cross is a supreme challenge to unbelievers
The Crucifixion is a historical certainty. So how do atheists explain it?