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Latest issue: 15 June 2013
Last updated: 19 June 2013

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John and Francis: two of a kind

John Borelli

Fifty years after the death of Pope John XXIII, comparisons are being invited between him and the current occupier of the Chair of Peter.A specialist in interreligious dialogue explains what they have in common Free 

 From the editor’s desk


Good shepherds and better ones Free 
The attitude of the Vatican to the appointment of bishops is puzzling. It has let a situation develop where half the dioceses in Scotland are without a bishop, at a time when the Scottish Catholic community is urgently in need of good leadership. ...
What the state needs to know
An American intelligence agency has allegedly been gathering “secret” information from various internet companies such as Google and Facebook. Some claim it is impossible to exaggerate the importance of this disclosure. Daniel Ellsberg, ...
From creation to 're-creation'
The Holy See's pavilion at Venice Biennale
Local authorities 'wary of faith groups but rely on their services'
Report by MPs finds low level of religious literacy among councils
Middle classes dominant in top Catholic schools
The Sutton Trust
Ronald Knox, theologian, author, Bible translator
Colloquium at Heythrop College celebrated life of prominent convert

Vatican II ‐ an unprecedented event, a council like no other
Cardinal Godfried Danneels speaks at Southwark Cathedral
Don't let anyone tell you the Council didn't change much
Robert Blair Kaiser gives the 2012 Tablet Lecture

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 Books and arts

Many roads, one goal Free 
Christians, Muslims and Jesus
Mona Siddiqui
Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Peter’s response echoes down the centuries: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16: 13-16) ...

       


Churches under-valued or over-estimating themselves?
Francis Davis, guest contributor

It is not long now until the Local Government Association annual conference. This premier ...

Hume knew Alan Hopes would one day be bishop
Fr Mark Woodruff, guest contributor

When 12 Anglican priests in 1995 reached the end of nearly two years of transition and preparation ...

Anglican patrimony is becoming a reality
James Roberts

As a convert from Anglicanism I have been curious since Benedict XVI paved the way for the ...


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