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Latest issue: 13 January 2007
Last updated: 20 June 2013

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The secret policemen?s bishop

Jonathan Luxmoore

The 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 Free 

 From the editor’s desk


Chance for Poles to think again Free 

This time, at least it was not about sex. That is almost the only comforting fact to emerge from the fiasco in the Polish Catholic Church over the appointment of a new Archbishop of Warsaw. The dramatic last-minute withdrawal of Archbishop Stanislaw ...

Respect, privacy and the press

From creation to 're-creation'
The Holy See's pavilion at Venice Biennale
Local authorities 'wary of faith groups but rely on their services'
Report by MPs finds low level of religious literacy among councils
Middle classes dominant in top Catholic schools
The Sutton Trust
Ronald Knox, theologian, author, Bible translator
Colloquium at Heythrop College celebrated life of prominent convert

Vatican II ‐ an unprecedented event, a council like no other
Cardinal Godfried Danneels speaks at Southwark Cathedral
Don't let anyone tell you the Council didn't change much
Robert Blair Kaiser gives the 2012 Tablet Lecture

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 Books and arts

Origins of a modern virus Free 
Rome and Jerusalem: the clash of ancient civilizations
Martin Goodman
This is an important book, on a difficult subject: the reason why the Romans, who had so much in common with the Jews, sought to destroy the Jews and Judaism completely ...

       


Churches under-valued or over-estimating themselves?
Francis Davis, guest contributor

It is not long now until the Local Government Association annual conference. This premier ...

Hume knew Alan Hopes would one day be bishop
Fr Mark Woodruff, guest contributor

When 12 Anglican priests in 1995 reached the end of nearly two years of transition and preparation ...

Anglican patrimony is becoming a reality
James Roberts

As a convert from Anglicanism I have been curious since Benedict XVI paved the way for the ...


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