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It's time to move on, Mr Blair Free

Tony Blair must be reflecting ruefully on Enoch Powell's dictum that all political careers end in failure. He has been trying to engineer an end to his own that defied the rule: to go at a moment of his own choosing, basking in the applause of ...

Axing chaplains is folly

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The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse
Speeches from this week's conference in Rome

This week in Rome bishops and religious superiors met at the first Vatican-backed symposium devoted to forging a global response to the crisis of clerical sexual abuse that has disgraced ...

Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial
Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh

Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...

Features

Laptops and lederhosen Free Michael Holland For months Bavaria, the home of ?Germany?s Lourdes?, has been preparing to welcome its most famous living son, Pope Benedict XVI. When he arrives on a pastoral visit this weekend, the Pope will be rediscovering a region that combines traditional and modern to generate both economic and cultural vitality...	Reborn into freedom The opening prayer for this week reveals a change in the Latin with important theological implications. The original "reborn in Christ" emphasised God's action, whereas the modern "believing in Christ stresses our own. Either way, it is through our baptism that we are redeemed, as Daniel McCarthy explains...
Voice of the unbornJonathan Tulloch The folk scene, wich prides itself on providing a platform for those who confront the Establishment, has long tried to silence one of its most popular and radical musicians. Vin Garbutt's controversial pro-life lyrics have won him fans but little support from the media...	Undermining justiceClare Short The Philippines Government claims that allowing foreign companies to mine for gold will bring prosperity to the islands. But the Church is supporting local people who fear it will damage their health, their livelihoods and the environment...

Terror law is a dangerous assConor Gearty Governments are using deliberately vague notions of terrorism to extend executive powers into areas that threaten human rights. But adequate provisions already exist in criminal law to prosecute would-be bombers...	Grace in the presence of evil Five years ago rescuers and Religious stood shoulder to shoulder in the destruction of Ground Zero. Here four priests who were there tell of the hope amid the terror...
Standing room onlyJune Rockett Initiative is needed to find an answer to the overcrowding in the church during special Masses...	A whiff of scandalN.O'Phile

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Richard Rodriguez

'Since 9/11, right-wing Protestants have wrapped themselves in the flag of Israel'

Tim Hames

'Kofi Annan's manner has been such that one could imagine him as a plausible cardinal'

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Anglo-Catholic Platitudes Free
Betjeman
A.N. Wilson

This year's centenary celebrations of John Betjeman's birth pay tribute to a Poet Laureate who wrote several dozen poems arguably as good as any written in English in the ...

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