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The Splendour Of The Truth In Season And Out Of Season   Editorial FAITH Magazine by Tim Finigan
One "silly season" assessment of the likely effect of Veritatis Splendor, was that it would "assume papal powers over the lives of Catholic worshippers greater than have ever been claimed"....

Defining Love. A Cultural Imperative
Editorial FAITH Magazine Sep-Oct 1997 by Tim Finigan
An excellent edition of Broadsheet, the confidential news sheet of Crux, recently drew attention to the messages of support sent by Tony Blair, William Hague and Paddy Ashdown to the Gay Pride Rally this year...

Religion And The Common Good Editorial FAITH Magazine Nov-Dec 1996 by Tim Finigan
The Bishops do have a right and responsibility to teach—and to teach the whole of the faith....

'Til Death Do Us Part'  Edward Holloway
W
hen a young man presents himself before the Bishop to take the Diaconate, the decisive step towards the priesthood to which is attached the irrevocable vow of chastity, the Bishop addresses him with words in which solemnity is mingled with a certain tenderness.  "Dearly, beloved son", he begins,... 

The Law Of Nature and The Law Of God Editorial FAITH Magazine Jul-Aug 2002
The English word 'law' first and foremost evokes the idea of restraint, prohibition and sanction imposed by authority. A law is thought of in terms of a decree which shapes people's behaviour with an external force of threat or encouragement.

On Bearing And Forebearing In Married Life  Edward Holloway
So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.  He that loves his wife loves himself.  For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as also does Christ the Church”. 

Premarital Sex : Crisis the Church must face.  Edward Holloway
Parish priests are becoming alarmed and some of them very depressed at the attitudes to love and purity among their youth and among the engaged couples in their parishes. Living together is now an established pattern among the engaged.