Certainly something very striking is going on: are there here, really, reasons for hope?
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.
Is a new departure in Christian-Muslim relations unfolding in Egypt, this Orthodox Christmas Day?
Friday, 7 January 2011
Is it wrong to see a spiritual dimension in the unfolding drama of the Ashes?
Thursday, 6 January 2011
After all, the mighty are being put down from their seats and the humble exalted
The ordinariate is happening, at an unprecedented pace
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
The speed of the operation is possible because of the Pope’s personal knowledge of those involved
More reasons to hope for a step change in the Vatican’s episcopal appointments policy
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
The bishops’ conferences could soon be beginning to look very different
It could be that Rome has finally worked out what kind of nuncio we need
Monday, 20 December 2010
But we really don’t know; maybe I’m being guilty of wishful thinking
What exactly is wrong with the commercialisation of Christmas?
Friday, 17 December 2010
The more presents people buy, the faster the economy will recover: so let it rip
An archbishop who says there’s no Santa Claus and makes children cry? Bah humbug, I say
Thursday, 16 December 2010
The story of St Nicholas should be reclaimed, not cancelled
The Legionaries of Christ are being rebranded: but Fr Maciel is still to be their private ideal
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
If the Legion is to continue its existence, it needs to change, root and branch
WikiLeaks reveals that Britain’s first Catholic ambassador to the Holy See just wasn’t well informed
Monday, 13 December 2010
We urgently need a more substantial replacement
The 400th anniversary of the King James Bible exposes the banality of the version we are stuck with
Do we really have to continue reading the tone-deaf, flat-footed Jerusalem Bible at Mass?