Now it is too late: the law has taken its course and the law, once it gets going, is difficult to stop
Authors
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest and a doctor of moral theology. The author of several books, he was born in West Sussex, educated at Oxford and in Rome, and has lived in Malta, Italy, and Kenya
The freeing of Gilad Shalit shows Israel’s humanity – and Hamas’s blood-chilling cruelty
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
His kidnapping five years ago has done the Palestinian cause no favours
We must follow the African example and respect our old people properly
Friday, 14 October 2011
The recent scandals in the NHS highlight our society’s lack of respect for old people. We should offer more help to families caring for relatives, but we also have to change our attitude towards the elderly
The Joanna Yeates trial and the Salvation Army chaplain who heard a confession of murder
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
The details of the case have been distressing: surely the jury can hear these in private?
The broadcaster RTÉ has apologised for falsely accusing a priest of abuse. It’s not the first time for Irish media, sadly
Monday, 10 October 2011
Let us hope they will be more careful in future
Why on earth did French revolutionaries persecute and murder enclosed nuns?
Friday, 7 October 2011
The fine parish church of St Jacques in Compiègne has a side chapel dedicated to 16 Carmelites martyred in the Revolution
The Amanda Knox case is an indictment of Italian justice
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
The news media do not come out well, either. The obsession with Knox’s looks was infantile
The resilient French Church shows that Catholicism survives no matter how repressive the regime
Monday, 3 October 2011
In Tours a fine basilica was built on the site of a vast medieval church knocked down during the Revolution
The Loreto Sisters gave Wangari Maathai her campaigning spirit
Friday, 30 September 2011
The late Nobel Prize winner never forgot her debt to the Loreto Sisters
St Augustine is a guide to what it means to be human
His theology derives from experience: he is the great enlightener of the need for grace