They have prayed together under hostile pressure; now they can stay together
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.
Anglo-Catholic parishes are often very close-knit: the Ordinariate will preserve that
Friday, 12 November 2010
The Ordinariate will help reconnect the English Church to its medieval roots
Thursday, 11 November 2010
The Catholic Church in England has lost a precious tradition: of ministering to everyone living within the parish boundary
It was Pope Paul’s idea to preserve an Anglican heritage within the Catholic Church
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
An ex-Anglican jurisdiction was always taken seriously in Rome
Islam is now our interfaith priority: all the same, debate on doctrine is futile
Monday, 8 November 2010
We should work towards fighting secularism rather than reaching an agreement on theology
The superiors of the Legion of Christ are opposing change – why not sack the lot?
Friday, 5 November 2010
They are supposed to believe in obedience to the pope: then let them obey
Now we have a Catholic Speaker of the House who actually believes what the Church teaches
Thursday, 4 November 2010
His Catholic predecessor, who did not, has done untold harm
Parishes joining the Ordinariate will have no difficulty finding a home
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Mostly, it will be the one they already have
It’s hardly anti-Semitic to say that Palestinians have been treated unjustly
Monday, 1 November 2010
Middle East bishops had a right to speak up for Palestinians at the Synod
The MacMillan affair flags up a real and present danger to the new Mass translation
Thursday, 28 October 2010
The trendy 1970s reactionaries are still in business
Hysterical lies about the Pope continue. It may mean he is getting somewhere
If he were not a threat, his enemies would just ignore him