Fr Prosper Grech, of the Augustinian Order, was for many years a distinguished professor in Rome
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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
Father Prospero, possibly the most intelligent man alive, is to become Malta’s second ever cardinal
Monday, 9 January 2012
Were the three wise men from China?
Friday, 6 January 2012
The Magi took two years to come from “the east”, far too long to be Babylonia or Persia, opening up the intriguing possibility that Christianity might not be alien to China
Liberation theology, not Calvinism, is behind Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Giles Fraser is wrong to say the film supports the Protestant heresy that sin must be paid for with pain
Paul VI’s superb, beautiful theology remains as powerful as ever
Monday, 2 January 2012
The pope of my youth’s writing continues to resonate, with a faith as fresh as the day he penned them
The late Roman Empire was not the twilight of popular myth
Friday, 23 December 2011
Far from being chaotic, Late Antiquity was stable and confident right up until the late 5th century
Christianity did not begin with a ‘human sacrifice’
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
One of Christopher Hitchens’s best quoted passages suggests that, though a brilliant orator, he misunderstood Christian theology
Liturgy is a language, and so it must have rules
Friday, 16 December 2011
Gaudete Sunday has returned to the mainstream of Catholicism
Many Catholics in Britain do not grasp how important and rewarding regular Confession can be
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Why has the practice dropped off so dramatically here, but not in Italy, say, or Kenya?
When should you put up your Christmas tree?
Monday, 12 December 2011
And why we should encourage children to make their own cribs
As long as murders go unpunished Africa will never have political reform
We must never forget Fr John Kaiser, the missionary who died in Kenya in mysterious circumstances