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Latest issue: 26 October 2007  Benedict?s European gambitRobert MickensMore than half the recipients of red hats next month are from Europe, representing the Pope's concern with the ?old' continent. And most of the new cardinals are young enough to carry Benedict's torch even if a conclave is not necessary for 15 years
Church in the WorldVatican disappoints Muslim scholars |
AustraliaRacecourse Protesters embarrass Pell | Belgium"The separation of Church and state must be respected," |
ItalySummit denounces violence done in God?s name | ParaguayEx-bishop lines up with Ch?vez |
SpainCourt clears way for baptismal annulment | United StatesImmigration a priority for new cardinal |
Breaking the newsBreaking the news
The BBC?s plans to cut its core news-gathering operations have shaken staff, viewers and listeners. But, says one veteran journalist, over-management and under-editing have already affected the output, damaging confidence in what is one of the most respected media organisations in the world...
Forty years on
Cardinal Keith O?Brien, president of the Bishops? Conference of Scotland, and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O?Connor, president of the Bishops? Conference of England and Wales, have written this letter to the Catholic community in Great Britain on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act...
Life in all its reality
The fortieth anniversary of the Abortion Act, marked this week, focuses the spotlight on abortion. For those opposed to terminations, the most difficult cases are those involving rape, as this theologian admits in her decision to support Amnesty in spite of its recent change of policy over abortion...
United in oppositionUnited in opposition
The history of Christianity has, ironically, not been one of turning the other cheek, but of fighting the enemy. Here, Oxford?s professor of historical theology argues that while Catholicism was once the opponent of Protestantism it has become a major ally in its countering of contemporary foes...
On a quest for dignity for allOn a quest for dignity for all
As Britain?s most senior social worker, David Behan handles a multibillion-pound budget. But he still finds time to reflect on the effect of his work on individuals, prompted, as he tells Terry Philpot in the latest in our series, by the values he absorbed as a child in a large, Irish Catholic family...
In the beginning ?
Lay Catholics, traditionally, have been less familiar with the Scriptures than some other Christian denominations. A new resource, ?Take and Read?, offers invaluable help...
