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When the Queen came to the throne 60 years ago on Monday there were heady claims that Britain was entering a new Elizabethan Age. Such an idea may have missed the mark in the 1950s and yet, as a leading post-war historian argues in the first in a series about government, politics and the constitution, six decades later it seems spot on Free

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Damaging lack of transparency Free

Once again the Vatican has responded to a whiff of scandal in a way that makes it worse. Throughout the long and agonising saga of clerical child abuse, there were voices saying that it was all “got up” by the media, some denying that there ...

An exemplar of public duty

The announcement that the Queen has accepted advice to strip the knighthood from Fred Goodwin, the former boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland, brings into focus two models – the old-fashioned but still admired sense of public duty that motivates ...

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Prayer for Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral issue text

The Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral has written a prayer for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee which will be used at the cathedral's service of thanksgiving on 5 June. The Archbishops of ...

Beware suspicion, inertia and impatience
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor on the 'enemies of ecumenism'

Two memorable events in my thirty-five years of being a bishop have been the visits of successive Popes here to our country. First of all, Pope John Paul came thirty years ago this ...

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Back to basics Abigail Frymann Lenten missions in a dozen cities across the continent of Europe are an important part of Rome’s plans for the re-evangelisation of the old heartlands of Christianity. After initial resistance from some dioceses, there has been a last-minute dash to put programmes in place ...	Faith and unity through diversityKim Knott Religion is frequently portrayed as an obstacle to integration. But launching a series of debates in London on belief and society next week, one academic who has for many years studied faith at grassroots level argues that it is more often part of the solution than the problem...
Holy hearts that know how to adoreDaniel O'Leary Communion and Down’s syndrome have been much debated in one English diocese recently. Those with the condition may not always fully grasp the concept of transubstantiation, says a priest whose brother had the syndrome, but they receive the sacrament with the utmost reverence...	Lifetimes of serviceSam Adams and Christopher Lamb It is not only the Queen who is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee this year. A small number of priests have also reached this significant milestone. The Tablet spoke to five of them about how life – and the priesthood – have changed in the last six decades ...

For the halt and the lameBernard Cotter It’s World Day of the Sick on 11 February when most parishes hold special services. But congregations and their priests pray for those who are ill all the year round, and there are imaginative ways in which both priests and people can participate in this ministry ...	Tablet Education
A heart-warming tailRose Prince

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Catherine Pepinster

‘The risk with Soft Atheism is that Christians might become smug’

Christopher Jamison

‘The Games are coming and we need to make the most of this unique opportunity’

Books and arts

Helpful primer for a complex law Free
Heaven on Earth: a journey through shari’a law
Sadakat Kadri
On the steppe of Arabia, a frequently used track is likely to lead to water. For the early Muslims, this made a familiar but profound metaphor for human life – hard journeying ...

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