We weren’t wrong to begin dialogue, but it seems now to have gone as far as it can
Authors
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.
Parliament has the right to decide on ‘women bishops’: Anglo-Catholics please note
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
If anyone doubted the Erastianism of the C of E, Frank Field has now proved it
Surprise, surprise. Ed Stourton puts the boot in to the ordinariate
Monday, 31 January 2011
But this time, he was just a little too obvious about it
‘Top Muslim scholars’ seem to be telling us that dialogue with them is a waste of time
Thursday, 27 January 2011
If there are any ‘moderate Muslims’ around, let’s hear from them
The Pope, it seems, has mastered the impenetrable new world of cyberspace
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Me? I am still struggling – what on earth is Facebook?
In its cautious way, the ordinariate continues to power ahead
Monday, 24 January 2011
By the end of the year, the number of parish groups will be more than double the number predicted
The call for a new Syllabus of Errors, this time on Vatican II, should be heeded
Friday, 21 January 2011
Pio Nono’s Syllabus Errorum has had an undeservedly bad press: it is still relevant today
Pope John Paul was a great pope – but that doesn’t mean he never made mistakes
Thursday, 20 January 2011
His beatification is a declaration of his holiness, not his achievements
The beatification of Pope John Paul has surprised no one: but it is a great day for the Church
Monday, 17 January 2011
By the time of his death, his greatness had become universally perceived
And now, ARCIC III: isn’t it time to bring this ecumenical farce to an end?
The forthcoming discussions will be an expensive freebie that achieves nothing