Topic: William Oddie
Today’s Catholic must-reads: 20/07/11
Posted on 20 July 2011.A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Clerical child abuse still needs to be addressed: but it is now much more a question for society at large
Posted on 27 May 2011.The trouble with scapegoats is that they deflect attention from the real problem
Obama’s speech in Westminster Hall was heavy: but his big speech in Ireland was simply fraudulent
Posted on 26 May 2011.Obama’s crude bid for the Irish American vote deserves to fail
Nobody has any right to know about the sex lives of footballers and incompetent bankers
Posted on 23 May 2011.But such is the obsession with these things that only 1 in 5 agree
Archbishop Martin says Irish-American sentimentalism is incomprehensible: but it’s dangerous too
Posted on 19 April 2011.It hasn’t just been about singing ‘Danny Boy’: in Ulster it’s meant death and destruction
Actually to publish the mistranslated Italian version of Youcat was unpardonably sloppy and amateurish
Posted on 15 April 2011.Why, by now, haven’t we learned the huge importance of accurate translation?
Should there be a Guild of Catholic Bloggers? And would it be dominated by ‘Taliban Catholics’?
Posted on 13 April 2011.Yes, there should: but let’s knock this ‘Taliban’ stuff on the head
How the Ordinariate could influence liturgical developments in the Catholic mainstream
Posted on 08 April 2011.Traditional liturgical language will be part of the Anglican patrimony; and one day, we might be able to use it, too
How many RE teachers actually care about the faith of their pupils? I’d like to know
Posted on 01 April 2011.Some bishops are demanding RE as part of the English Baccalaureate. But why? In Catholic schools, 90% lapse
Why Barack Obama has to be seen as an enemy of the Catholic Church
Posted on 25 February 2011.We need to be alert: he is not without influence, even on this side of the pond
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Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips