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Latest issue: 28 November 2009 Victoria 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 
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| PM backs chaplains for schools | John Paul II nearer to beatification | | Pope commends artists to seek true beauty | Warning on ageing clergy | | Thousands in limbo as internment camps shut | Christian-Jewish dialogue ‘in serious crisis’ | | Kennedy clashes with bishop | Church’s ‘thorn in side of Communists' resigns | |
Featured Articles Europe’s idealistic realist Jan De Volder Europe’s idealistic realistHe 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? Rowan Williams 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 others Terry Philpot The worth of othersIn 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 Vivian BolandAs year succeeds to yearTomorrow 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 David Albert JonesLive and let liveCatholic 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 Daniel McCarthyFirst run, then walkJust 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 Bernard CotterNo time for noveltyIn 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...
Retreats & Pilgrimages supplement
 Retreats & Pilgrimages supplement...
Books of the year
Books of the yearThe Tablet’s reviewers on the
books that have inspired,
informed and entertained
them in 2009...
Maria Boulding OSB Philippa EdwardsMaria Boulding OSBIn 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....
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