Protests about how much we respect Islam do not seem to do much good
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.
Whether the Koran is burned or not, Muslims will think the West has it in for them
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Distressed by the atheist onslaught? Get a grip of yourself
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
This is how things are meant to be: get used to it
‘Why is the Church so hard-hearted as to refuse Holy Communion to remarried divorcees?’
Monday, 6 September 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, 3 September 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, 2 September 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, 1 September 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, 30 August 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, 27 August 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, 26 August 2010
Gill and Gill traded under 20 monarchs and 76 prime ministers: now we are living in a new and impersonal world
Should Catholics vote to leave the EU in a referendum?
I say, let us depart: Brussels is now the capital of a quasi-imperialist hegemony