William Oddie, Author at Catholic Herald

William Oddie

Well, they’ve done it again. But the opponents of women bishops have only put off the evil day: and next time there may be no ‘special arrangements’

November 21, 2012

The arguments for women priests were wholly secular. This is, in any case, the state Church: and in the end the state will decide

A moral theologian defends the ‘surgical’ use of drones to assassinate terrorist leaders: but is their use really intended to minimise civilian deaths?

November 20, 2012

According to some, drones in Waziristan are causing total social collapse. Who is telling the truth?

The tragic death of Savita Halappanavar should not be exploited to sweep away Irish abortion law, under which she could legally have been saved

November 15, 2012

Enda Kenny is predictably making the most of the situation: he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it

Eamon Duffy talks of ‘the Sovietisation of Catholic intellectual life’ and quotes Newman in defence of Tina Beattie: Newman would disagree

November 14, 2012

Catholic liberals keep trying to claim Newman as one of themselves, by quoting him out of context: but he was a dedicated scourge of liberalism

Jeremy Hunt orders an inquiry into the Liverpool Care Pathway, and says patients and relatives must be consulted. But will the doctors pay any attention?

November 09, 2012

There is too much evidence that the LCP is being used by some doctors as euthanasia by the back door, and that they are wilfully failing to consult: the Health Secretary will be ignored

Obama’s re-election is a tragedy, for the US and the world. Now his second term will be overshadowed, as the Benghazigate cover-up unravels

November 07, 2012

The tragedy is not just that Obama has been a bad president; it’s that Romney would have been a good one

The new prefect of the CDF intends to take on the Soho Masses. I hope he does; that would get Archbishop Vincent off a very uncomfortable hook

November 01, 2012

This isn’t about the morality of gay relationships: it’s about obedience—to the Magisterium, and to Conscience properly understood

Catholics, a survey says, are split 50-50 in the US election, with faithful Catholics against Obama, “adaptive ones” for him. But how CAN they be?

October 25, 2012

The National Catholic Reporter is consistently supportive of the President; but what else do you expect?

Archbishop Longley reminds us of our commitment to ecumenism. But ecumenism today has to be very different from that of the post-Conciliar years

October 22, 2012

And John Henry Newman, contrary to the supposition of many, was hardly an ecumenist as we understand the word

Academics intending to investigate the social effects of same-sex unions may think twice after the ordeal of Professor Regnerus

October 19, 2012

The Regnerus affair may have a chilling impact on academic freedom

When Jimmy Savile died, I reproached his obituarists for their cover-up of his faith. Now I have to ask: what was he thinking of during daily Mass?

October 15, 2012

Was he simply torn between good and evil? Or was it worse: did he do good so that evil might come of it?

We can’t understand the affair of the ill-tempered chief whip, Andrew Mitchell, or that leaked Downing Street police log, without the doctrine of original sin

September 26, 2012

Mitchell as Development Secretary was widely admired as a genuine idealist: our police, too, are respected for their dedication and courage: but what about Hillsborough?

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