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William Oddie

Dr William Oddie is a leading English Catholic writer and broadcaster. He edited The Catholic Herald from 1998 to 2004 and is the author of The Roman Option and Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy.

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• ‘Why is the Church so hard-hearted as to refuse Holy Communion to remarried divorcees?’

  Monday, September 6th, 2010

  The BBC asked me this twice in one morning. And the reason is simple: it’s a matter of obedience. Nobody said being a Catholic was easy

• Edmund Adamus said our society was hedonistic, anti-life and anti-family – all true. So why was he slapped down?

  Friday, September 3rd, 2010

  The last two popes have said it all: or should we keep quiet about that, too?

• The lie that Newman was cold and aloof needs to be hit on the head

  Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

  There are so many stories about his warmth and charity it is hard to know where to begin

• Why have our bishops done nothing to prepare us for the new Mass translation?

  Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

  The new text is resonant and accurate: it puts to shame the translations we use at the moment

• Would I ever throw a cat in a wheelie bin? I wish I could be sure

  Monday, August 30th, 2010

  In fact, I suspect that I might be capable of something much worse

• If corruption is not tackled urgently, Pakistan won’t get the money it needs

  Friday, August 27th, 2010

  To begin with, where did President Ali Zardari get his personal fortune of £1.5 billion? I only ask

• The closure of a 500-year-old ironmonger’s marks the death of something in our national soul

  Thursday, August 26th, 2010

  Gill and Gill traded under 20 monarchs and 76 prime ministers: now we are living in a new and impersonal world

• Cardinal Conway was wrong to send a terrorist priest to another parish

  Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

  Imagine discovering that you have regularly received the sacraments from a mass murderer

• Prison officers are sceptical that Jon Venables is really repentant for his sins

  Monday, August 23rd, 2010

  But even if they believed him, they would still be out for retribution, not rehabilitation

• The papal visit souvenirs are too tasteful – I say bring back the Benny Bear

  Friday, August 20th, 2010

  Where, oh where is the gaudiness (and enthusiasm) we expect from Catholic tat?