The serial killer drama shows us that in this world it is very hard to be good
Authors
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest and a doctor of moral theology. On Twitter he is @ALucieSmith
The issue of Catholic schools is about parental freedom versus government control
Monday, 10 June 2013
Freedom of association is not apartheid
Francis says he didn’t want to become Pope – and I truly believe him
Friday, 7 June 2013
You have to go back centuries to find the last ambitious schemer to be elected pope
The government regularly bungles religious issues, so how can it deal effectively with Islamic extremism?
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Cosying up to Saudi Arabia is just one example of the hypocrisy at the heart of David Cameron’s pluralist position
The word ‘God’ should always be capitalised
Monday, 3 June 2013
Those who deny the capital letter to the Almighty do so because they want to belittle Him
How often have you prayed to the Madonna this month?
Friday, 31 May 2013
Pope Francis is keen to see the continuance and revival of traditional devotions, such as praying to Our Lady, especially in the month of May
The Bishop of Salisbury falied to mention that popes were condemning slavery long before Wilberforce
Thursday, 30 May 2013
The Bishop of Salisbury is wrong to say that until William Wilberforce’s abolition campaign, Christians saw slavery as Biblical
Is the England that St Augustine converted still Christian?
Monday, 27 May 2013
Today we celebrate the man who converted the Anglo-Saxons, neither a multiculturalist nor a cultural imperialist
Our political masters need to get this: theological problems can only have theological solutions
Friday, 24 May 2013
The Woolwich murderers were motivated by a particular brand of theology
Cheerful news for a Friday: Catholic-Anglican relations are actually in good shape
ARCIC may have failed, but on the great moral issues of the day Catholics and Anglicans are on the same side