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Sex and the modern Catholic Publication of Humanae Vitae 40 years ago was a seismic moment in the history of the Catholic Church. Today most practising Catholics ignore its teaching on birth control and more than half think it should be revised. This is the central finding of a major survey commissioned by The Tablet
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Pope signposts the way out of the ‘desert’ for troubled young people 
Australia Time for ‘candid dialogue’ on the Eucharist | | Canada Backing for church line on contraception | Nigeria President says Muslim-Christian ‘crisis’ is over | | Spain Mixed reaction to Saudi olive branch | United Kingdom Lambeth unity in jeopardy after attack on gay bishop | | Featured Articles
Out of the desert Edward Kessler Saudi Arabia took its first steps along the road of interfaith dialogue when King Abdullah opened the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid. His initiative has a major symbolic significance even if some of the key elements for true religious encounter were missing  Faultlines reopen Lambeth Conference Theo Hobson and Victoria Combe This week in Canterbury, what Rowan Williams calls ‘this extraordinary thing’, the Anglican Communion, is dividing inexorably between a broadly (but not entirely) liberal Western section and a conservative section rooted mainly in the developing world
 World Youth Day 2008 Stephen Crittenden, A day to rejoice - ‘You are the new creation’
Stretching the sinews of the heart Daniel O’Leary Soon the world will be watching the finest athletes competing in Beijing to prove themselves the best in their chosen field. That amazing level of total commitment is necessary, too, on the training ground of the soul Plentiful bounty Listen to the Word Daniel McCarthy Acts of giving define us: God gives us to ourselves in Creation, God gives himself to us in the Incarnation, and we give ourselves to God and our neighbour in the Eucharist. By virtue of these acts we are made holy, writes Daniel McCarthy, and brought to eternal joy  Tablet Special: Humanae Vitae 40 years on David Lodge,Sue Gaisford, Jimmy Burns, Catherine Pepinster, Charles Curran, Paulinus Ikechukwu Odozor How far have we come? - Nothing changed? Everything changed - Matter of conscience - The deafening silence of dissent - Dangers of certitude
Healthy vision for Africa
Mass and the neutrino Across the Universe Guy Consolmagno
News from Britain and Ireland Apostleship of the Sea braces itself for stormy weather More home news Book Reviews Flourishing conditions for terror
Descent into Chaos: how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia

Ahmed Rashid
Reviewed by Simon Scott Plummer
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