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Robert 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 Free
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| A welcome pastoral approach Free The joint statement on abortion from the two cardinals of the Catholic Church in Britain, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor of Westminster and Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Edinburgh, signals a welcome change of tone in the Church's treatment ... | Power of immigration |
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Features
Forty years on Free Cardinal Keith O?Brien and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O?ConnorCardinal 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...
|  Breaking the news Free Robert Fox 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... |
 On a quest for dignity for allTerry Philpot 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... |  United in oppositionAlister McGrath 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... |
Life in all its realityTina BeattieThe 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...
| In the beginning ?Anne DixonLay Catholics, traditionally, have been less familiar with the Scriptures than some other Christian denominations. A new resource, ?Take and Read?, offers invaluable help...
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Books and arts
Trailing clouds of glory Free
Creation: artists, gods and origins
Peter Conrad
Peter Conrad's latest book "describes the long illness and eventual demise of the Christian God and shows how artists were ready and eager to take over a creative role that ... |
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Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools?
Christopher Lamb
According to the chairman of governors at the Cardinal Vaughan School, west London, one ... Goodwin the scapegoat
Elena Curti
There was an old Sixties TV series, Branded, about a disgraced soldier that always began ... The pain of being a coeliac Catholic
Sr M, guest contributor
"Whoever comes to me, I shall not turn (him) her away" (John 6:37). Many readers will recognise ...
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