The dancing in the streets would last for months
Authors
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest and a doctor of moral theology. On Twitter he is @ALucieSmith
An African pope would make the jaded western world sit up and take notice
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
The ordeal awaiting us – watching all and sundry pontificating on all matters Papal and religious
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Must we endure the ‘experts’ on Catholicism?
Will the ‘Hitler’s pope’ slur be put to rest?
Monday, 11 February 2013
A new book re-evaluates Pius XII and the Holocaust
Pray for those who despise Catholics and call us bigots
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
‘Bigot’ is the latest of a long line of insults thrown at Catholics
Just as in St Agatha’s day, the persecutors of the Church want us to abandon our principles
Monday, 4 February 2013
The Roman martyr refused to worship the gods of the state
Orwell was right: pornography has become the opium of the Masses
Friday, 1 February 2013
Nineteen Eighty-Four is scarily prescient about porn’s impact on society
How can we revive family life in Britain?
Thursday, 31 January 2013
The family is the original safety net. But, for many of us, it’s just not there any more
The Holocaust is not a day for thinking about Israel and the Palestinians – its horror transcends all issues
Monday, 28 January 2013
The Shoah is hinted at in inhumanity all around us
In Sicily the modern is unspeakably hideous
Friday, 25 January 2013
But the island is home to great beauty
Pope Benedict disturbs non-believers because for him God is the centre of everything
He shows that humility is the hallmark of authentic Christianity