Why a new play about Pope John Paul II offers an original, thought-provoking perspective on the man who became pope
Topic: Francis Philips
Assisi alone is reason enough to beatify John Paul II
Posted on Thursday, 14 April 2011
The Devil’s Advocate has a necessary task but the late Pope’s virtues outweigh his faults and errors of judgement
Priests should rejoice at the greater accuracy of the new translation
Posted on Monday, 11 April 2011
Instead of huffing and puffing about the new English translation of the Mass, priests should instruct their parishioners on why it is a good thing
Communion on the hand or on the tongue?
Posted on Thursday, 24 February 2011
Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s book argues for reverence for the Eucharist and concentrates the mind wonderfully
Shakespeare did write Lear; what is more, he was a Catholic
Posted on Friday, 7 January 2011
Sir Derek Jacobi is wrong to think that Shakespeare could not have written his own plays; the greatest poet and dramatist of all times was an Englishman and a Catholic
Let’s move on from condoms. What the Pope said about the priesthood is more interesting
Posted on Monday, 29 November 2010
Despite the furore over condoms, Light of the World, the book-length interview with Pope Benedict, is about a whole lot more than sex.
Can there be dialogue with Islam without religious freedom?
Posted on Thursday, 25 November 2010
The case of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, raises the question whether there can be dialogue with Islam if there is no religious freedom
There is no room for anti-Semitism in the Church
What does the cry of the people baying for blood during Christ’s Passion really mean?