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EDITORIAL
Everything to play for Free Attempts to manipulate public opinion to give the Pope a hard time when he visits Britain later t...
FEATURES
 ‘Truth will out’
Edward DalyThe former Bishop of Derry rejects claims made last week after publication of the report by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland that his school contemporary, the late Fr James Chesney, was part of an IRA gang that murdered nine people in Claudy in 1972...
 It’s up to Pretoria to change Harare
Greg ShepherdBritain and the EU may impose sanctions but their effect is minimal on Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe while South Africa sits on its hands. With reports suggesting Mugabe is seriously ill, now is the moment for some clear regional leadership from South Africa to mend its broken neighbour
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 The Green Pope
Catherine PepinsterBenedict XVI’s concern for the environment has flowered morally through his concern for the effects of climate change on the poor, and theologically through ideas of stewardship. But it originates in his theories about beauty that also influence his thinking on liturgy...
Now and for ever more
Daniel O'LearyThe special graces that permeate childhood may appear lost to adults, but it is possible to believe that children glimpse a foretaste of the joys of heaven...
 Apologias for other great lives
Frank M. TurnerAttention has naturally focused on the life and works of John Henry Newman as his beatification approaches. But it leaves the resounding contributions of the other great Victorian Catholic clerics Wiseman and Manning in danger of being obscured...
 ‘I was sick and you took care of me’
Vivian BolandIn the latest of our series of meditations on the call to Christian service in Matthew 25:35-39, in spiritual preparation for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain, a Dominican theologian reflects on help and friendship...
‘I am worried that your message will be dismissed’
Shaun MiddletonIn his five-minute audience, parish priest Shaun Middleton would appeal to the Pope to use clear, simple language to minimise the risk of being misunderstood...
 Symbols more powerful than words
John HallWhen Benedict XVI comes to Britain, a landmark event will be his participation in ecumenical Evensong at Westminster Abbey. Here, the abbey’s dean argues that the visit has the makings of
an event of major historical and symbolic significance...
Getting results
Daniel McCarthy OSBThe faithful perceive the divine gift at work in them producing an effect which is themselves changed by the service they offer to God and neighbour and by their communion in the mystery they become, writes Daniel McCarthy...
Keeping watch together
Jeremy DaviesMany Catholics will not be able to attend the events planned for the papal visit this month. Instead, parishes could organise their own events, bringing Benedict via the big screen into their churches and halls and inviting all the local community to come and celebrate...
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BOOKS AND ARTS
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Caravaggio: a life sacred and profane
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It is almost impossible to overpraise this book. It is the life of an artist who had always been .....
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A CONVERT CARDINAL
Cardinal Newman – the man and his ideas
John Henry Newman, whom the Pope is to beatify on 19 September, was a
complex character. Revered as one of the great Catholic scholars and
theologians of all times he caused huge controversy when he left the
Anglican Church for Rome and mystery still surrounds his closest
friendships. Read more
HAVE YOUR SAY
Motes and beamsPope Benedict has spoken out against clerical sexual abuse of minors in the strongest terms. In June he ended the Year for Priests by blaming “the enemy” for the revelations ...
Building a youth-friendly Church A recent Tablet article on "Coming-of-age Catholics" cited the April Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life report which found that ...
Catholic Church needs a new Martin Luther The Archbishop of Canterbury need not have apologised when he said in April that the Catholic Church – or at any rate its leadership – had lost its credibility. ...
LETTERS EXTRA
Newman and Pope Benedict are not kindred spirits
Kevin L. Morris, Cheshire
It is almost miraculous that the Pope, who is leading us back to Tridentine ways, is to beatify Cardinal Newman, the godfather of Vatican II. He – the former CDF boss – ...
Forgotten figure behind Newman’s conversion
Dr Peter Ferrer, Oxon
During the run up to the Beatification of Newman, the name of Ambrose St John has often been heard. However the name of Richard Hurrell Froude is almost entirely ignored: without ...
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