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Marcus TannerWhat the tourists don?t see on the idyllic holiday island of Corfu is a divide, typical of all of Greece, between the minority Catholic population and the Greek Orthodox, for to be Orthodox is seen as a mark of national identity. Now, migration from abroad will challenge this prejudice Free
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| Time to heal Free Members of the Islamic extremist gang that blew up trains in Madrid three years ago, killing 190 people, have been convicted and sentenced, and it has acted as a moment of healing for Spanish society, long used to living with bitter memories ... | Law with limits |
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Features
 Edge of Armageddon Free Robert Fox Many observers believe it is not a question of if but when the American President launches strikes on Iran. Beginning perhaps in weeks, US bombers will target nuclear plants and the Revolutionary Guard, say analysts, provoking a worldwide backlash of terrorism... |  A start to progressEllen Teague An international conference last week in the Netherlands brought together people who are working to bring about justice and alleviate poverty. While their inspiration for 40 years has been Paul VI?s encyclical Populorum Progressio, there are now new, urgent problems needing to be tackled... |
 Plane speakingMark Dowd A year ago this weekend the Bishop of London signed a pledge to give up flying for a year in the interests of fighting global warming and reducing his carbon footprint. So how was it for him? And should we all follow suit?... | Church with an uneasy soulGraham KeeleyNearly 500 beatifications of men and women murdered during Spain?s Civil War have stirred up memories of a time that many Spaniards have tried to forget in their quest to throw off the shackles of dictatorship for the embrace of democracy...
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 When doubt is a friend of beliefTerry Philpot In the final article of our series, Terry Philpot meets someone whose open-ended Catholic education prepared her for a career in the sciences and allowed her faith to survive in the sceptical world of psychiatry... | From absence to presenceDavid WellsNovember is traditionally the season of remembrance, with its feasts of All Souls and All Saints. It is a time to mourn but a time to be freed from grief as well...
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Columnists
 Tim Hames?Various attempts to relaunch the Tories north of the border have come to nothing?  margaret hebblethwaite?It is almost like living in a cathedral, with the high ceiling towering above me?
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Books and arts
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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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