From the Editor... The following email arrived in my inbox this morning: "I just wanted to send you this link which I noticed in my local church bulletin. I think it’s really important for faithful traditional Catholic women to express their views, despite the difficulties of engaging with the absurdities of this Synod. It is full...
Editor writes... Our some-time blogger in USA, Marinaio emails as follows: I think I’ve mentioned that our daughter Stephanie is married to an Aussie and lives in Canberra, Australia. She had gone to a retreat in New South Wales recently, run by the Benedictines of Notre Dame monastery in Tasmania. She was very impressed by the...
The central place of the family in society is clearly taught in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Issues surrounding the ideal of family unity is in the news this week, due to the resignation of the Prime Minister's brother, Jo Johnson, who is both a Member of Parliament and a Government minister. Headlines like this...
From the "liberal" - i.e. anti-Catholic - Tablet, the following predictable commentary: "...Given the context, it is appropriate that the English priest will be declared a saint by a pope who has sought to implement Vatican II, and during the synod of bishops assembly on the Amazon, a structure established by Paul VI as the...
Comment: Apart from making it crystal clear that it is not possible for a fully believing Catholic to play a leading role in UK politics, let alone achieve Leader of a Party and become Prime Minister - even one as "liberal" ("who am I to judge") as Jacob Rees-Mogg - what else do we learn...
Click on the picture to read a newspaper report about the sale of Halal meat in UK shops. This issue has been the subject of recent news reports and radio and TV discussions. Blogger, Christina, submitted the following article for discussion, from a Catholic perspective... The UK operates under European Union rules which normally require stunning before animal...
