Una Kroll, ordained a priest in 1997, says ‘God gave me a direct push that I could not resist’
Authors
Francis Phillips
Francis Phillips reviews books for the Catholic Herald.
The poet who confronted T S Eliot over his anti-Semitism
Monday, 3 October 2011
Jewish poet Emanuel Litvinoff was horrified that Eliot’s anti-Semitic sentiments persisted after the Holocaust
Boris Johnson is right to raise suspicions about the BBC’s absurd use of BCE/CE
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
If our timeline does not commemorate the birth of Christ it has no business to exist at all
Yet another Christian doctor is investigated for bringing up religion: what a waste of public money
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
A GP faces a disciplinary hearing for suggesting to a patient that Christianity might help depression
If only someone like Dolores Hope could act as official censor at the BBC
Friday, 23 September 2011
A censor would not have to be Catholic; just someone who can tell the difference between laughter and obscenity
Beware the smuggling of atheism into science lessons
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Of course schools should teach evolution – but they should not present it as a substitute for God
The battle on abortion should not be about incremental gains in Parliament
Monday, 19 September 2011
Pro-lifers should start by saying that abortion is intrinsically evil and fight on that principle
Now we have an improved new Mass translation, can we apply the same rigour to our hymn books?
Friday, 16 September 2011
Including such jingles as ‘Who put the colours in the rainbow?’ is patronising: are they for children?
The Holy Father would have made a terrific relationships counsellor
Thursday, 15 September 2011
One US ‘expert’, on the other hand, believes that people are just not cut out for monogamy
The dynamic, missionary, ‘evangelical’ Church of today is a world away from unthinking pre-Vatican II complacency
What John Allen describes as ‘Evangelical Catholicism’ gives me hope for the future