Hearing about her experience I made an instant resolution
Authors
Francis Phillips
Francis Phillips reviews books for the Catholic Herald.
The Pope’s Thought for the Day was simple and profound
Friday, 24 December 2010
But not, perhaps, controversial enough for John Humphrys
G K Chesterton, saint of the blogosphere
Monday, 20 December 2010
He loved debate and controversy but at the same time managed to remain magnanimous to his enemy
Atheism has done little for women’s dignity
Monday, 13 December 2010
That’s the point Tony Blair should have made in his debate with Christopher Hitchens
Britain should follow Russia’s lead and urge its citizens to have more children
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
You don’t need to ask the experts for a solution to population decline. It stares one in the face: more babies
The Pope believes that dialogue with Islam is crucial
Thursday, 2 December 2010
But “dialogue” does not mean we have to water down what we know to be the truth
Let’s move on from condoms. What the Pope said about the priesthood is more interesting
Monday, 29 November 2010
Despite the furore over condoms, Light of the World, the book-length interview with Pope Benedict, is about a whole lot more than sex.
Can there be dialogue with Islam without religious freedom?
Thursday, 25 November 2010
The case of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, raises the question whether there can be dialogue with Islam if there is no religious freedom
The NHS ‘safe sex’ video is tawdry and sad
Monday, 15 November 2010
Why isn’t abstinence suggested occasionally?
Shakespeare did write Lear; what is more, he was a Catholic
Sir Derek Jacobi is wrong to think that Shakespeare could not have written his own plays; the greatest poet and dramatist of all times was an Englishman and a Catholic