Latest issue: 13 January 2007 Jonathan LuxmooreThe Polish Church was hit by its most serious crisis since the fall of Communism when the new Archbishop of Warsaw resigned minutes before his planned inaugural Mass, admitting collaboration that he had previously denied.
Only openness and humility can begin to repair the damage

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Featured Articles My enemy?s enemy Ola Tj?rhom   My enemy?s enemyShared views on the traditional family and sexual ethics have led to alliances between otherwise very different Churches. But the dialogue is faltering between Catholics and Anglicans over these same ethical issues. Where does this leave the goal of Christian unity?...
Checked by Jowell Jane ThynneChecked by JowellA media minister caving in to the Chancellor, and bad publicity from massive celebrity signings and executive pay deals could be behind the corporation?s failure to get its wished-for licence-fee rise. But with an annual income of ?3 billion, it can still face the future without flinching
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The hawks? final swoop Robert Fox The hawks? final swoop The Bush administration?s strategy of taking control of troublesome areas of Baghdad by sending a ?surge? of troops has the support of only a few committed neocons. But with prospects of success looking grim, the focus of their attention is now shifting to Iran...
Thorns in the PM?s side Anthony HowardThorns in the PM?s sideDr Rowan Williams is not the only archbishop to have irritated Britain?s political leadership in a time of armed conflict. But the variations in church support for governments since the First World War have not always been predictable...
Troubled path to the ballot box Isabel de BertodanoTroubled path to the ballot boxMale Christians, and women of all religions, have much to be afraid of in the rise of Islamic fundamentalism ahead of next week?s polls in Bangladesh, one of the world?s poorest democracies...
Gossamer across the abyss Robin HuttGossamer across the abyssThe Christian faith that unites a family can also impose the most painful separation. Here a Methodist minister remembers his late brother, a Catholic priest, and how, while the two men dreamed of unity, they were separated at the eucharistic heart of the faith...
On earth and in heaven Daniel McCarthyOn earth and in heavenIn our flesh we bear the image of Adam but we also bear the image of Christ, writes Daniel McCarthy. This Sunday?s opening prayer, acknowledging God as ruler of heavenly and earthly
realities, bears witness to our divine creation and also to our divine recreation...
Rite of passage Veronica Robbins Rite of passageInitiation into Catholicism can be a lonely business for the catechumenate, and support is vital...
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