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Future of Catholic education Free

The pastoral letter published this week by the bishops of England and Wales, confirming the Catholic Church's commitment to education and the provision of schools, can be interpreted in two ways. On the one hand, it can be seen as a proud affirmation ...

Countering cynicism

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The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse
Speeches from this week's conference in Rome

This week in Rome bishops and religious superiors met at the first Vatican-backed symposium devoted to forging a global response to the crisis of clerical sexual abuse that has disgraced ...

Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial
Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh

Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...

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Regensburg revisited Free Norman Russell Benedict XVI?s address in Germany on faith, rationality and Islam sparked a crisis. A year on, closer analysis of the lecture reveals how the furore was caused, and why there is common ground between Christian and Islamic thinking, particularly on the challenge of relativism in Europe today...	Ghost of empire haunts the throneTheo Hobson In recent weeks The Tablet has published articles examining the Act of Settlement, focusing on its impact on the UK and the relationship between Church, State, established religion and the Catholic faith. Here, attention turns to the Commonwealth, and the historic links between the Crown and the creation of a Protestant empire...
A slow spring comingThomas Norton The third of our series on eastern Europe looks at Albania, until recently isolated from the rest of the continent by its own Government. But on the tenth anniversary of the death of its most famous daughter, Mother Teresa, it is witnessing a rebirth of religious faith...	Lessons learntRick Jones While most schools reopen this week after the summer break, All Saints in West Wickham has closed its doors for good. Its story reveals not only how the power of a headteacher can be abused but also how a school once tainted may well never recover...

More potent than wordsNicholas Williams Ten years ago this weekend, it was the music as well as the liturgy that defined the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, particularly Tavener?s Song for Athene. But what makes music ?right? for such an occasion?...	Worldwide web of faithKate Plowman More and more parishes have an online presence. It takes time and effort to make the website an effective tool for the parish and the wider community, but the rewards of such a commitment are immense...
Thrace and flavourN. O'Phile

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Tim Hames

'It is not inconceivable that this is David Cameron's last conference as party leader'

Laurence Freeman

'The past is not forgotten in Sarajevo and its memory is a seed of hope'

Books and arts

New gospel of health and wealth Free
The Next Christendom: the coming of global Christianity
Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins tells us that he dispatched the corrected proofs of the first edition of this book on 10 September 2001, the day before everything changed. In that first edition Jenkins ...

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