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Latest issue: 8 September 2007
Last updated: 24 May 2013

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Bitter harvest

Raj Patel

The switch from fossil to biofuels is being encouraged by governments to combat global warming but emissions in their manufacture are worse than burning diesel. Now the quantity of land required is contributing to a worldwide shortage of food Free 

 From the editor’s desk


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

Take the knocks - they do the Church good
Popular culture is being surprisingly respectful of Catholicism now, argues Mark Lawson
Replace fear with boldness, cynicism with confidence
Lancaster bishop urges Church to ditch nostalgia and focus on mission
Mary, inspiration for students
US Cardinal Timothy Dolan celebrates the secret of Notre Dame University
Pope attacks the tyranny of the markets
Cult of money is today's golden calf, warns Francis

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

 Columnists

Tim HamesTim Hames

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

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Laurence FreemanLaurence Freeman

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

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 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 ...

       
Muslims are living in fear after the Woolwich murder
Fiyaz Mughal

The awful attack in Woolwich on Wednesday afternoon has done more than just lead to one ...

Gay marriage and disestablishment: better the muddle you know?
Theo Hobson

If, as looks very likely, gay marriage becomes law, the established Church will be opposed ...

Medics don't want assisted dying legalised
Dr Gillian Paterson, guest contributor

Both my parents died of cancer. Both had painkilling medication in the final stages: shortening ...