| A battle that needs blunt words Free The Government has found itself with a scrap on its hands it clearly never bargained for, as the Catholic Church flexes its political muscles to thwart a plan rightly seen as an attack on the very principle of Catholic schools. The Archbishop of Birmingham, ... | Plight of Malawi?s children |
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A crucial moment for Catholics Free Vincent NicholsProposals for imposing on religious schools quotas of pupils of other faiths or none seems motivated by a political desire to find a solution to divisions in multifaith, multiracial Britain. But the impact on the Catholic community, says the chairman of its education service, would be to put at risk a system of schooling that is successful and more integrated than ministers understand...
|  Full-bodied row in Bordeaux Free Philip CrispinThe Vatican's establishment of an institute for ex-Lefebvrists in Bordeaux, to operate in parallel with the existing Church, has caused deep anger in France. It is a major challenge to the authority of Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard - and to the Church, shaped by the Second Vatican Council'... |
A not-so-auld allianceStephen BreenOverwhelming Catholic support for the Labour Party has been one of the great constants of politics in Scotland throughout the twentieth century. But as Scots prepare to go to the polls in elections for the Scottish Parliament next year, Labour?s grip on that hitherto loyal constituency has never been weaker...
| Constant promiseLoving actions make us worthy of what God has undertaken for us. But, as this week?s opening prayer reveals, we cannot perform these actions without God. Daniel McCarthy explains how our future fulfilment breaks into the present, in a single moment and over the course of our lives...
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Once a priest, always a priestCatherine PepinsterCardinal Cormac Murphy-O?Connor has reached high office in the Church. But the most important moment of his life was his ordination. As he celebrates the golden jubilee of his priesthood, he reflects on a life rooted in faith and the changes he has witnessed...
| Rising tide of refugeesIsabel de BertodanoWhile climate change demands merely a lifestyle change on the part of those living in developed countries, for the millions of impoverished in Bangladesh, the impact of flooding is threatening lives and livelihoods...
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What reason to believe?Catherine PepinsterJohn Humphrys, scourge of politicians on the BBC?s Today show, is looking for God. He talks to Catherine Pepinster about his lifelong quest, the impact of tragedy on his beliefs and his new Radio 4 series...
| From Budapest to BerlinJonathan LuxmooreHungary?s uprising 50 years ago was crushed by the Soviets. But its heroes, including Cardinal J?zsef Mindszenty, sowed the seeds of a rebellion across Eastern Europe...
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 Sermon on the mountDominic PrinceDominic Prince meets Ireland?s unofficial chaplain to the turf, who is minister to what is possibly the country?s most horse-mad congregation... | No time like the presentAlan MorrisThe RCIA is robbed of its effectiveness when it is forced to take place within predetermined dates
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Books and arts
The past comes back to haunt us Free
Sacred Causes: religion and politics from the European dictators to Al Qaeda
Michael Burleigh
In recent years, Michael Burleigh has emerged as the pre-eminent historian of that no-man's-land where religion and politics meet. His brilliant history of the Third Reich picked ... |
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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 ... The pain of being a coeliac Catholic
Sr M, guest contributor
"Whoever comes to me, I shall not turn (him) her away" (John 6:37). Many readers will recognise ...
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