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23 July 2000 - 30th December 2001

These articles have been published weekly, sometimes in an edited form, in the Catholic Times newspaper as part of the Credo column, and copyright of the edited form belongs to Gabriel Communications Ltd., St James Buildings, Oxford St, Manchester www.the-universe.net
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The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, in the eastern tradition



Elisha's soup and multiplying loaves - the Divine generosity



Will Anglicanism divide again, this time over women bishops?



Can one use foods other than bread and wine for the Eucharist?



On the Holy Eucharist - the Encyclical Mysterium Fidei by Pope Paul VI


Jesus' unacceptable doctrine of the Eucharist (John 6) - Dominicae Cenae



Is the moral law a blessing from God or a burden on man?




Moral dilemmas concerning dangerous pregnancies. The Manchester Siamese twins




The uniqueness of Christ and His Catholic Church in God's plan of salvation: the new Vatican document Dominus Iesus


Review and Commentary on the new General Instruction on the Roman Missal, due in late 2001


A short history of the Eastern Orthodox Churches


Betwixt and between East and West - a history of Orthodoxy and Catholicism in Ukraine



The Old Catholics of Switzerland and Holland


Zurich and Zwingli




Purgatory - where Divine Mercy tempers Divine Justice



Christ the King
My Kingdom is not of this world





First Sunday of Advent




The character and life of Thomas Cranmer



The Great-O Antiphons: 17-24 December




Christmas 2000



Holy Family Sunday




Epiphany 2001



Sunday II C  The wedding feast of Cana



Sunday III C  A general introduction to the characteristics of the Gospel of St Luke


To clone or not to clone




Sunday V C  The Vocations of Isaiah and St Peter: Holy Holy Holy (Is.6)


Sunday VI C  Does God curse the wicked? May Christians curse their enemies?


Sunday VII C  A tale of jealousy and disobedience - the story of King Saul and David

Sunday VIII C  Take out the plank from your own eye first  (Luke 6)



Lent I C  The Tempter in the Desert



Lent II C  The Covenant God made with Abraham



Lent II C God's Revelation to Moses on Mount Horeb


Lent IV C  The Parable of the Prodigal Father


The narrow-mindedness of the atheist, the person who prefers to lose, rather than to admit he may be wrong



Palm Sunday Celebrations




Easter: the Resurrection of the Lord




Easter II C  Divine Mercy Sunday




Easter III C  The ring of truth - hard evidence for the bodily Resurrection of Jesus
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Why are our seminaries two-thirds empty? The Vocations issue



The BBC's Son of God documentary - was technically dazzling, but it misrepresented the basics of Jesus' mission



Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight. A fine place for a quiet retreat with plenty of Latin plainsong


The Pope meets the Greeks. The Papal visit to Athens in the steps of St Paul


Pentecost, the feast of languages



Only mortal sin can deprive us of eternal life with the Most Holy Trinity


Reply to the Anglican bishops' criticisms of One Bread, One Body



The birthday of St John the Baptist



The Precious Blood poured out in atonement for our sins


Why is the NHS again short of cash? What treatments should it refuse?


An eye-witness account: the Papal visit to Lviv, Ukraine



Blessed Fr Emilian Kovch - a married Catholic priest, murdered by the Nazis for protecting Jews



St Alphonsus de Liguori


St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. co-Patroness of Europe, alias Edith Stein, Jewish philosopher who became a Catholic Carmelite nun, and died in the Auschwitz gas chambers


Is property ever private? The universal destination of created goods



Newly beatified martyrs of Ukraine who died under Soviet persecution



A meeting with some evangelical Christians who didn't like the Catholic Faith.


The strange origins of the Mormon faith in the life of Joseph Smith


Is eating meat against the teaching of the New Testament? Was Jesus a vegetarian?


Sunday XXIV C  What is true freedom? How did the prodigal son's desire for freedom lead him into slavery?


These two articles concern Islam:
The life of Mohammed, and how historically Islam grew in essence as a military creed. 

Secondly, are there portions of the Qu'ran which support warfare and attacks upon non-Muslims?



How the teaching of Christ and the Canon Law of the Church applies to some difficult pastoral cases concerning marriage and divorce



The spiritual wisdom of The Interior Castle, by St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church.




The Galileo case: who was to blame?  The Church's relations with science



In the steps of Jean Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland.



The Holy City - a visit in October 2001


A reply to Imam Kurdi: is Islamic tolerance a myth? Catholic-Islamic relations through the first millennium of Islam



Sunday XXXIII C - End times, all passes away



Christ the King: A commentary on the Last Judgement from the west door of Notre Dame, Paris



First Sunday of Advent - Year A



Our Lady of Guadalupe - her apparition in 1532 to Blessed Juan Diego, whose canonisation will shortly take place



Third Sunday of Advent  Year A



Fourth Sunday of Advent: some Christmas stories



Holy Family Sunday: The plight of the family in our semi-totalitarian secular State
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