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US bishops tackle Obama over morality of use of drones

St Joseph added to Eucharist prayers

Girl Guides drop God from oath

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New era heralded post-Chávez

From the editor’s desk

Less equal than others

Mr Brown's worldly ambitions

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

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council

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

Features

Cultivating the common groundKonstantin Eggert Religion is playing a greater role in this century than it did in the last, yet secularism continues to grow,influencing Vatican relations with other Churches. Talking to Cardinal Paul Poupard in Moscow recently, Konstantin Eggert was given a sense of what is behind its new thinking on dialogue...	The child still comes firstEileen Shearer Publication of the Cumberlege Report has led to criticisms of the Church?s child-protection methods and in particular to some observers blaming the Church for treating accused priests unjustly. Here the director of the Catholic Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults answers the critics...
Perilous steps towards a security stateConor Gearty Locking up without charge those suspected of terrorism is back on the Government?s agenda with Gordon Brown seeking to double the current limit to 56 days. Such a move would be seen as part of a slippery slide into the authoritarianism of indefinite detention demanded by the police...	Wing and a prayerMary Colwell God?s miraculous gift of life is seen in the unlikeliest of places, such as the windswept, spume-soaked cliffs of the North Sea. But here, as elsewhere, it is under threat from the hand of man, forcing us again to reflect on our stewardship of Creation...

Crab pots, ice creams and martyrsRichard Abbott The first in a new summer series visits Sacred Heart and St Ia, St Ives, where Cornish Catholic rebels are commemorated. Today?s divisions, however, are not religious but between locals and owners of second homes...	To our Creator and keeperDaniel McCarthy In a special return of this popular series, Daniel McCarthy looks at the Opening Prayer for the eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, which was replaced in last year?s calendar by that of the Feast of the Transfiguration...
Iraq and the highest law of allPhil Shiner and Christopher Insole Atrocities carried out by coalition forces against Iraqi citizens violate not merely military law, but the natural law of God, and the Church is duty bound to be more vocal in highlighting this...	The Tablet Money & Ethics Vulture funds - Investing in Africa - Victorian values - Church investors...
The buzz about beesRose Prince