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Sam AdamsMoves by two Catholic cash-strapped religious communities to sell off valuable collections of ancient artefacts, some of them unique, in their care have led to growing concern among conservationists about the protection of the Church’s sacred history Free
From the editor’s desk
| Welcome change of approach Free To describe the covering up of clerical abuse in the Church as equivalent to omertà – the code by which Mafia bosses enforce the secrecy of their own criminal actions – is to use language as strong as any employed by the Church’s ... | The challenge to Syria’s allies Having vetoed proposals at the United Nations Security Council to address the profound humanitarian crisis in Syria, the onus is now on Russia and China to find an alternative way. A war of words broke out after the veto, with the British Foreign Secretary, ... |
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Features
 When the hurt stops and the healing startsElena CurtiAlong with senior clergy, including Vatican figures, the clerical abuse survivor Marie Collins was among those attending this week’s historic “healing and renewal” symposium in Rome. She talked to The Tablet about the years of being ignored by the Church and her hopes that the tide is turning... |  Making markets moralDaniel K. FinnThe financial crisis engulfing the West has, at its heart, a failure of morality. Here a leading professor of theology and economics examines how values frame economic life, particularly in the US where libertarianism remains a driving force, and traces the path to a more humane society... |
 Iron and velvetDenis TuohyHollywood’s biopic of Britain’s first woman Prime Minister is tipped to win a clutch of awards at the Baftas tomorrow night, while its star, Meryl Streep, looks set to get an Oscar as Best Actress later this month. But what was the real Margaret Thatcher really like?
... |  Love in a Catholic climateLiz DoddIf there is one saint’s feast day the rest of the world knows, it is
St Valentine’s. But for the members of a Church that has a patron saint of love, it is not always easy to find the perfect partner. Could internet dating be the solution for young Catholics?... |
Someone to talk toPaul FarmerLoneliness, unemployment and debt can all be the starting point for much more serious problems. In tough economic times, the Catholic Church is increasingly focusing its attention on the needs of those suffering not only in body but in mind and spirit too...
| A good Lent takes planningPaul TurnerThe resolve of Ash Wednesday may flag over the course of the long season,
but parishes can offer resources to help the spiritual journey, even for those who cannot always make it to the specially arranged events
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Columnists
 Clifford Longley‘President Kirchner is fulfilling John Paul II’s portrayal of the 1982 Falklands conflict’  Laurence Freeman‘Google HQ is not the Vatican or the White House, and certainly not Lambeth Palace’
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Books and arts
Palace doused in blood Free
Tower: an epic history of the Tower of London
Nigel Jones
Before there was Azkaban, or Dr Who’s Pandorica, or Jeremy Bentham’s “eye of God” Panopticon, there was the Tower. Though nowadays it seems a relatively tame ... Palace doused in blood Free
Tower: an epic history of the Tower of London
Nigel Jones
Before there was Azkaban, or Dr Who’s Pandorica, or Jeremy Bentham’s “eye of God” Panopticon, there was the Tower. Though nowadays it seems a relatively tame ... |
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Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms?
Elena Curti
The clear message that emerged from the symposium on child sexual abuse held in Rome from ... Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools?
Christopher Lamb
According to the chairman of governors at the Cardinal Vaughan School, west London, one ... Goodwin the scapegoat
Elena Curti
There was an old Sixties TV series, Branded, about a disgraced soldier that always began ...
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