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“Every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” Matt.: 13:52By issuing Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict has confirmed that Latin Rite Catholicism currently has two liturgical forms for offering the Holy Eucharist: the Novus Ordo as the ordinary form and the Usus Antiquior, the older Roman Rite, as the extraordinary form of...

FAITH Magazine January-February 2006Schönborn ContinuedIf the evidence of Reuters’ 20th-November interview with Cardinal Schönborn is anything to go by, the media still continue to show great interest in the Church’s understanding of evolution expressed by the Cardinal in July in the New York Times. It is unfortunately true that, contrary to his intention, that newspaper article has been understood by many in the US to...

In the June edition of Nature, Paul Steinhardt highlights the dangers when scientists attract media attention without having first satisfied the necessary rigorous scientific analysis. A group of cosmologists announced at a press conference in March that they had detected gravitational waves, arising from the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang. This news became a sensation in the media,1 the results being hailed as proof of the Big Bang inflationary theory and of the existence of the ‘multiv...

Stand-up comedy, books and a newspaperJoanna Bogle talks to Greg Watts Greg Watts is a Catholic writer whose books include Labourer in the Vineyard, a biography of Pope (now Emeritus) Benedict XVI, the first to be produced following the 2005 papal election. He is currently editor of The Pilgrim, the Southwark diocesan newspaper. Appointed in 2011, he recalls telling Archbishop Peter Smith that he didn’t want a paper with “photos of people eating sausage rolls in a parish hall” or too many pic...

 The News Tonight – Beauty Saves the World this Christmas!A poem by Sarah de Nordwall

The Underlying Issue: How Much is Matter, How Much is Mind?An editorial article dealing with the subject of ‘matter’ may at first sight seem far removed from the pressing concerns of the Church today. And yet we all know that the dominant philosophy of our times is that of 'materialism'. This means more than just a worldly, acquisitive outlook. It includes the rejection of any spiritual dimension to human nature; in fact,...

“This synthesis of Christian thought is not the Faith: it is the frame through which the Faith has been presented and focused in the Western Catholic Church. The last time it was an adequate frame through which to focus definitions of faith and morals, was the First Vatican Council of 1870. From that Council developed the period of ‘Fortress Vatican’ which lasted until 1960. From that fateful date the Holy Spirit, speaking...

Joanna Bogle FAITH Magazine May – June 2011In a frank reflection Joanna Bogle, writer and journalist, helpfully offers a short case study concerning the necessary interaction of Catholic tradition and contemporary culture.The arrival in the Church of new groups of Anglicans, whose journey to Rome was begun by the decision of the Church of England to ordain women, has thrown a new spotlight on the whole topic of the Church and women....

Protestantism and Islam: Points of ContactProtestantism may well have begun as a genuine movement of reform. Accepting the teachings of the Church, its adherents wanted to bring the practice of the Church into line with its teachings. This is the object of all Christian movements. However, it very soon developed into something far more radical, jettisoning basic Christian teachings, bringing in doctrines entirely new to Christianity, and...

FAITH Magazine March-April 2004The Beatified ScientistAn important part of combating the myth of the opposition of faith and science is a proper historical appreciation of the irreplaceable contribution of men of faith to the rise of science and its great leaps: scientists who rigorously studied the natural world precisely because it is God’s own order given to the world that makes it rational and worthy of investigation.It is fifteen...