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Latest issue: 28 November 2009  Part of the solutionVictoria CombeThe HIV-Aids medical battle can claim some success against the virus, but the efforts of campaigners are hampered by another enemy: the stigma of the disease. Now an international charity has enlisted Churches to help change social attitudes, particularly in Africa
Church in the WorldFresh talks aim to repair damage to Catholic-Anglican relations |
AustraliaPM backs chaplains for schools | ItalyJohn Paul II nearer to beatification |
RomePope commends artists to seek true beauty | SpainWarning on ageing clergy |
Sri LankaThousands in limbo as internment camps shut | SwitzerlandChristian-Jewish dialogue ‘in serious crisis’ |
United StatesKennedy clashes with bishop | VietnamChurch’s ‘thorn in side of Communists' resigns |
Europe’s idealistic realistEurope’s idealistic realist
He is a poet, a blogger and a devout Catholic who goes on regular monastic retreats. But the first permanent President-elect of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, is also a shrewd political operator who has resolved seemingly intractable problems in his home country...
A gender divide - or not?A gender divide - or not?
Speaking in Rome last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury argued that women’s ordination – the cause of much of the disaffection within the Church of England – may not be such a key point of division as it is portrayed by the Catholic Church and traditionalist Anglicans...
The worth of othersThe worth of others
In the first of a new series of interviews with people whose faith inspires their life in public service, Terry Philpot talks to Nick Johnson, chief executive of the Social Care Association, about vocations, volunteering and the Virgin...
As year succeeds to year
Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent, and in the first of a series of reflections to mark the season, Vivian Boland considers the cycle of the seasons and the symbolism of the wreath...
Live and let live
Catholic bishops in England and Wales have issued a statement on the Director of Public Prosecutions’ interim policies on assisted suicide. One of their advisers highlights the flaws in the DPP’s policy as the deadline for further public reaction on it draws near...
First run, then walk
Just as reflecting on the readings of the Sunday Eucharist prepares us for its celebration, so reflecting on the prayers proper to each Sunday prepares us for the sacramental encounter that we take with us into our daily lives, as Daniel McCarthy shows in his latest series...
No time for novelty
In a world that is always on the lookout for the next new thing, there is a danger that such an obsession could feed into our celebration of Advent and Christmas. This would be a mistake: what is needed is the deepening of traditions...
Books of the year
The Tablet’s reviewers on the books that have inspired, informed and entertained them in 2009...
Maria Boulding OSB
In a television interview not long before she died on 11 November, Sr Maria was questioned about the hardness of the monastic life. “Nothing is hard if you are in love,” she said....
