Topic: debate

• Debate: Is modern church architecture always hideous?

  Posted on 24 November 2011. Tags: Andrea Tornielli, beauty, Catholic Herald Weekly Debates, church architecture, debate, modernism

  Or are there some modern churches that really do inspire devotion and raise people’s spirits to God?

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• Debate: Why do Catholics lapse?

  Posted on 17 November 2011. Tags: Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Bishop Kieran Conry, Catholic Herald Weekly Debates, debate, lapsation

  Is it primarily the fault of the Church or of the Catholics who have left it?

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• Debate: Is it ever right to advise someone not to become a Catholic?

  Posted on 25 March 2011. Tags: Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Catholic Herald Weekly Debates, debate, Ecumenism, Fr Tim Finigan, interfaith relations, St Josemaria Escriva

  Should we always encourage people to convert or can there be good reasons not to cross the Tiber?

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• Debate: Should Catholics give up more than beer and chocolate for Lent?

  Posted on 04 March 2011. Tags: Archbishop Vincent Nichols, beer, Catholic Herald Weekly Debates, chocolate, debate, Friday Fast, Lent

  Or are we being unrealistic – surely giving up one or two indulgences is better than nothing?

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• Debate: Have the SSPX-Vatican talks been a waste of time?

  Posted on 25 February 2011. Tags: Bishop Bernard Fellay, Catholic Herald Weekly Debates, debate, Society of St Pius X, SSPX, Vatican

  Or are they a crucial step along the way towards unity?

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• Debate: Is the new Mass translation worth all the bother?

  Posted on 11 February 2011. Tags: Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Herald Weekly Debates, debate, Fr Paddy Jones, Irish Church, liturgy, Martin Foster, new Mass translation

  Will it enhance the liturgical life of the Church, or is it just a lot of extra hassle for priests?

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• Debate: Should married former Anglicans be allowed to become priests?

  Posted on 07 January 2011. Tags: Anglicanorum coetibus, celibacy, debate, Eastern Rite, Latin Rite, ordinariate

  As an ordinariate looks set to be established by next week, the debate about married priests reopens

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• Debate: Is L’Osservatore Romano undermining the Church?

  Posted on 10 December 2010. Tags: Catholic Herald Weekly Debates, debate, L'Osservatore Romano

  Or is it a breath of fresh air in the fusty world of Vatican communications?

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• Blair and Hitchens debate religion as force for good

  Posted on 29 November 2010. Tags: Christopher Hitchens, debate, Prime Minister Tony Blair, religion

  The former British prime minister argued that religion was a force for good against atheist and journalist Christopher Hitchens in a televised debate in Canada

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• Debate: Do Catholics have anything to gain from dialogue with Humanists?

  Posted on 28 October 2010. Tags: Catholic Voices, Central London Humanist Group, debate, Herald Weekly Debates, New Humanist, Papal Visit 2010

  Is this a magnificent breakthrough or a pathway to compromise on critical issues?

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