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When 138 leading Muslim scholars issued a statement last week addressing Christians around the world, responses varied from warm to cautious, while some claimed that ?A Common Word Between Us and You? is a necessary step on the road to world peace. What is clear is that dialogue between the faiths has vital new opportunities for progress Free

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Not a scientific question at all Free

There is something peculiar about the current proceedings of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which is taking evidence on whether there is a need for a change in the abortion law. Not only has the committee decided to disregard ...

Qualities of a Lib Dem Leader

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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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Hard history to face Free Christa Pongratz-Lippitt Sixty-four years after he was beheaded by the Nazis in 1943 for refusing to bear arms in Hitler?s army, Franz J?gerst?tter, a farmer from Upper Austria, is to be beatified in Linz on Austria?s National Holiday, 26 October. The beatification is a belated recognition of a controversial martyr...	Putting a price on healthPhil McCarthy Health care has long been a right in Britain, but today it often seems more of a commodity. As the NHS, 60 years old this year, reels from the dirty wards scandal which has left 90 people dead in Kent, what future is there for a service inspired by fairness and driven increasingly by market economics?...
Justice?s young pioneersAbigail Frymann Two years ago Make Poverty History hammered home the divisions between the world?s rich and poor. While some may despair, saying the gap is as large as ever, others have harnessed the energy of the campaign, especially in our schools, to help train a new generation of charity activists...	Heart of a worldwide webBernard Cotter Traditionally, World Mission Sunday was a day to commemorate those parishioners who travelled to spread the Gospel. Today, we remember all relationships that begin and end in the parish, and in particular how we welcome new immigrants and acknowledge their countries of origin...

A long and winding roadTerry Philpot Nick Young left the law for the charity world, at a much reduced salary but on a firm footing that was built on his experiences both as an Anglican and as a Catholic. In the latest in our series, Terry Philpot talked to him about his journey...	Cast in stone?Gerard Mannion An ambitious new project to convince people around the world of the importance and relevance of natural law has been launched by the Pope, sparking debate about whether morality can change or whether it is immutable...
Spit and PolishJohn Morrish

Columnists

Tim Hames

?There is an Establishment and it helps to have been to Oxbridge to be part of it?

Mona Siddiqui

?Peace comes about when we make peaceful coexistence our goal?

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Backstage politics of the council Free
Vatican II: a sociological analysis of religious change
Melissa J. Wilde

I find surprising this book's claim to be the first systematic sociological study of an event as important as the Second Vatican Council. Melissa Wilde, who teaches sociology ...

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