Category Archives: Catholic Herald other

The vulgar mob

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Quentin

In January this year President Trump presented his “Fake News” awards, The New York Times led the list. But fake news is all the rage: a modern phenomenon which seems to have been born at the last presidential election. And … Continue reading →

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All Change

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Quentin

On February 11th , five years ago, Pope Benedict announced his resignation as Pope: “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Herald other, Pope Francis, Quentin queries | 17 Comments

Views on the Jews

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Quentin

The 16th March 2008 marks the tenth anniversary of a remarkable document, We Remember, A Reflection on the Shoah, issued under the auspices of John Paul II. (Shoah is the Hebrew name for the Jewish Holocaust.) Apologies for the past … Continue reading →

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I am probably right

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Quentin

A great controversy in the history of moral theology was the concept that a doubtful law could not bind. The logic was simple: you can only be bound by a law which you know to be true and truly applied. … Continue reading →

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The Grand Theory of Nothing

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Quentin

So that’s that then. Stephen Hawking has assured us that the laws of physics are sufficient to explain the universe we live in – and that we have no need to posit the possibility of God. His book, The Grand Design, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bio-ethics, Catholic Herald other, Philosophy, Spirituality | 18 Comments

The heathen at the gate

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Quentin

(First published in The Catholic Herald on 12 February 2010) So for the time being crisis is averted. It would seem that the combined efforts of the Lords Spiritual, our bishops, and the big gun of the Pope himself have … Continue reading →

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God exists – so enjoy yourself

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Quentin

It is of course well known that religious people, and especially Catholics, live a miserable life. Obliged to worship an egotistical and vengeful deity who demands nothing but praise and endless sacrifice, they are trapped in a web of sinfulness … Continue reading →

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