Category Archives: Advocatus Diaboli

Have you got a conscience?

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Quentin

{Forgive me for my information mail carrying emails which should have been encrypted. This is a computer fault which I am investigating.} While we have looked at this subject before, it is so important that I think it worthwhile to … Continue reading →

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The Mass on my screen

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Quentin

I have just finished watching the Easter Friday service on my computer. It was sent by my local church – which is one of the finest parish churches in the country. And, when I say ‘nearer’ I mean that it … Continue reading →

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How odd of God!

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Quentin

We all know about Adam and Eve – their role as the ancestors of the human race, their Original Sin which separated us from the Almighty, and the redemption to be offered by God through Christ. Now let us consider … Continue reading →

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I want more women

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Quentin

You will have read recently that Pope Francis has not supported the Amazon Synod’s recommendation to allow married priests in the Amazon. We are talking about a country where some 85 per cent of the villages cannot rely on having … Continue reading →

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What would you do?

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Quentin

Our discussion on Pope Francis’ New Year’s resolutions was excellent. I was somewhat surprised at some of the views. But then I am one of his fans. So, I thought that, being the holidays, it might be useful to look … Continue reading →

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What is happening to the Church?

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Quentin

I am not today looking at the rights and wrongs of artificial contraception, but I would like us to consider the after effects as they have appeared in the Catholic community. You will recall that the Commission studying the issue … Continue reading →

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The Fall of Man

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Quentin

Once again we have found ourselves in the territory of the Fall of Man – and our inheritance. So it may be useful to examine it more closely. First of all we ask whether it is fact and fiction. – … Continue reading →

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God’s Perfect World

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Quentin

“The universe that God chose to exist is the best of all possible worlds” wrote the philosopher Leibnitz. It was his answer to explain a universe which included so many harms – whether through evil men or through the pains … Continue reading →

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Popular Abortion

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Quentin

One of the great changes in western society during our lifetimes has been the attitude towards abortion. In Rex v Bourne (1938) the conditions required for abortion to be legal because of the condition of the mother were laid out. … Continue reading →

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Down With God

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Quentin

Occasionally on the Internet I find myself reading a discussion on the characteristics of religious people. Since few of the contributors are themselves religious we would not expect them to be flattering. Of course such criticisms do not apply to … Continue reading →

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