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Martin ReynoldsThis week, the Catholic Church stated that its adoption agencies would have to close if the Government forced them to accept applications from gay couples. Here, a gay Anglican priest describes how he and his Catholic partner took on a child and why they wish to do so again Free
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| Need for compromise Free Battle has been joined over the threat to Catholic adoption agencies, contained in a clause in proposed legislation to outlaw discrimination against homosexuals in publicly funded services. Battle has been joined over the threat to Catholic adoption agencies, contained in a clause in proposed legislation to outlaw discrimination against homosexuals in publicly funded services.
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Features
Two commands, one loveDaniel McCarthyChrist told us what we need to do, but we cannot do it ? love God with all our heart, mind and soul and our neighbour as ourselves ? without God?s help. As Daniel McCarthy explains, this week?s prayer petitions God for that help, and reminds us of the true measure of the love that is required of us, which is the love of God for us in Christ...
| India?s invisible childrenMian RidgeThe discovery of the remains of 20 murdered children came as a shock to India, where in an impoverished Delhi suburb the young people had, one by one, been stolen from under the noses of an indifferent local police force. The tragedy has revealed a justice system that fails the poorest and most vulnerable in society...
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 Migrating MoneyFrancis Davis Billions are sent back each month by workers in the developed world to waiting families in poorer countries ? but millions are siphoned off by sharks in the process. However, with the aid of technology, microfinanciers and the Church, there may be safer ways to send money home... |  Is the climate changing in Rome?Sean McDonagh Two major Vatican departments are to hold a summit on global warming, when the Church, after decades of saying little, will have a golden opportunity to present
to the world clear ethical teaching on protection of the planet. It could see the start of a new moral order
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Glad new dayDaniel O'LearyThe start of each new day is a fresh beginning, but it presents us with a challenge ? do we succumb to the fears that beset us during the night, or do we, in the knowledge that God?s love enfolds us, treat each dawn as a chance to decide for ourselves what our life will be like?...
| Lazarus at the doorTerry TastardHow seriously do we take the plight of the poor and the homeless? We may think that we are doing our bit, but Christ was unequivocal in his teaching. Here, a priest describes how he believes he himself fell short of what was needed...
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The best way to travelGuy ConsolmagnoDark and dreary, January is a time to take off to new and exotic climes; or at least, to daydream about such trips. My own January voyage was a visit to my old home town, Detroit, to attend a science-fiction convention....
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Columnists
 Tim Hames?The crude message offered to the public is devout Catholic equals weird and dangerous?  Ann Wroe?No perfume of meringues can match the robust, warm tang of a baking loaf?
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Books and arts
Spirituality, idealism and washing up Free
Utopian Dreams: a search for a better life
Tobias Jones
This is a marvellous and surprising book that sweeps you off your feet. It begins unpromisingly. Jones is cheesed off with the world, and he is packing his bags. "I find everything ... |
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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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