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Rowan WilliamsIn a major lecture given on Tuesday to invited guests and the community of Sant?Anselmo in Rome, the Archbishop of Canterbury argued that the Rule of St Benedict could provide a spiritual blueprint to bring together the diverse communities that make up the modern continent of Europe Free
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| Power to the people Free Austen IvereighIn the days of Cardinal Manning, the Church was at the forefront of protest against poverty and poor working conditions. Could it happen again, with faith groups taking direct action as a means of promoting justice, fairness and human dignity?...
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Flight from fear Free John PontifexThe conflict in Iraq between Shia and Sunni Muslims continues to dominate headlines. Yet the Christian community there is threatened with wipeout and the media barely demur, in a crisis that is imbued with tragic irony...
| Christe redemptor omnium Free Martin BakerI am often asked about my favourite piece of music. It is a difficult question for anyone who performs on a daily basis. To say which is my favourite Christmas carol is even harder....
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True kingship, truly sharedFor the feast of Christ the King, the Opening Prayer draws on two constitutions of the Second Vatican Council, as well as earlier sources. Daniel McCarthy examines the complexity of the concept of King in the prayer, and what we can discern from it about our place in the Kingdom...
| Into the minefieldDavid BarchardWith little in the way of a diplomatic offensive to engage Turkish opinion in preparation for next week?s visit by the Pope, and with Turks already sensitive to rejectionist noises from Europe, Benedict XVI will not find it easy to win over hearts and minds...
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Till stress us do partCatherine PepinsterPressures of life today drive a horse and carriage through love and marriage, according to the successor to the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, this month marking its sixtieth anniversary...
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Columnists
Clifford Longley?Religious identity is not primarily about ideas or opinions but about who you are? Peter Stanford?I?m always saying that children today are as safe as my own generation?
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Books and arts
Mutiny that destroyed an emperor Free The Last Mughal: the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857 William Dalrymple
Next year will be the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Indian Mutiny, an event which William Dalrymple calls "the largest rebellion against their empire that the ... |
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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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