Can Christian decency be guarded in the summertime?
BY Maria Madise
It can hardly be disputed that the public display of immodesty flooding our large cities at this time of year…
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The mission of the Holy Ghost (2)
BY Dom Columba Marmion
Extract from Christ in his Mysteries (1919)The Holy Spirit came for us; those assembled in the Cenacle represented all the…
READ MORESpiritual growth: sermon on the Sunday in the octave of Corpus Christi
BY a Dominican Friar
“Then Jesus said to them: Amen, Amen, I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of…
READ MOREOpening the door to death for the disabled
BY Ann Farmer
The BBC documentary, Better Off Dead, could not have been given a more apt title. Presented by disabled actor and…
READ MOREThe mission of the Holy Spirit
BY Dom Columba Marmion
Extract from Christ in His Mysteries (1919)What indeed was the work of the Holy Spirit in the souls of the…
READ MOREAll power in heaven and earth: sermon on Trinity Sunday
BY a Dominican Friar
“And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.”What does it…
READ MOREWhat should a Catholic think about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict?
BY Alan Fimister
What should a Catholic think about the Israeli Palestinian conflict?Obviously both parties are by and large proceeding from a world-view…
READ MOREG K Chesterton, Joan of Arc and the merry month of May
BY Peter Newman
“Bowing down in blind credulity, as is my custom, before mere authority and the tradition of the elders, superstitiously swallowing…
READ MOREKeeping the commandments: sermon on Pentecost Sunday
BY a Dominican Friar
“If anyone love me, he will keep my word.”From this Sunday’s epistle, we can see that even before the coming…
READ MOREProposals to lower the upper limit for abortion are not pro-life
BY John Smeaton
Legislative proposals to lower the upper limit for abortion in Britain, backed by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales,…
READ MOREEurope after the war
BY Liam Gibson
As the reality of the Second World War slowly recedes from living memory, its symbolic value continues to expand. However,…
READ MOREThe joy of the apostles: sermon on the Sunday after the Ascension
BY a Dominican Friar
“When the Paraclete cometh, whom I shall send you from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.”St Luke tells…
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