He was nothing like our traditional idea of what a saint is like: but his time has come
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.
Who next, now that Newman has been raised to our altars? It can surely only be G K Chesterton
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
The papal visit was a PR success: but no thanks to some anti-papal English Catholics
Monday, 27 September 2010
Are we now to expect a quiet undermining of what the Pope achieved?
Mr Cameron, if you really mean what you say, you must allow our adoption agencies to re-open
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Otherwise you will prove just how empty your words are
British fair-mindedness was the Pope’s secret weapon
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
In the end, the atheist coalition discredited itself
The Pope has routed his enemies and brought joy to the faithful
Monday, 20 September 2010
The last four days began in anxiety, but ended in euphoria
Scotland has done us all proud; suddenly the anti-Catholic campaign has lost its power
Friday, 17 September 2010
The papal chemistry is still active on British soil; now, we can relax and enjoy the visit
The Pope’s enemies have, we can only hope, done their worst. As the visit begins, we must watch and pray
Thursday, 16 September 2010
The media will not let up. Watch out for the innuendoes and smears
The campaign against the Pope and the Church will be swept away by the visit itself
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
But the campaign to defend them will, I hope, endure long after the visit is over
Whatever the BBC says we ought to think, celibacy is still one of the jewels in our crown
Monday, 13 September 2010
Their latest pope-bashing operation is entirely irrelevant to a Church which thinks in centuries
Let’s bring World Youth Day to Britain
A World Youth Day here in 2012 or 2013 would build on the momentum of the Benedict bounce