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The stakes could hardly be higher, but so are the odds. The international peace conference convened by President George Bush in Annapolis in the United States has brought together more than 40 states and international agencies in the search for the ...

The need to listen

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From creation to 're-creation'
The Holy See's pavilion at Venice Biennale
Local authorities 'wary of faith groups but rely on their services'
Report by MPs finds low level of religious literacy among councils
Middle classes dominant in top Catholic schools
The Sutton Trust
Ronald Knox, theologian, author, Bible translator
Colloquium at Heythrop College celebrated life of prominent convert

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council

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

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Solidarity of the shamrockChris Blackhurst Irish migrants to Britain in the twentieth century tended to be hard-working, escaping from poverty and Catholic – just like Eastern Europeans today. And while some migrants flourish, others do not. This weekend sees a remarkable example of Irish philanthropy that few other groups can rival...	Knocking at the doorJames Leachman Just as catechumens have begun listening to the Word of God as it ‘echoes down’ within them, so at Advent we all wait to welcome the Word made flesh into our lives more profoundly than ever. How we celebrate the Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens should reflect this time of hope...
The cracks begin to showAlain Woodrow Violence has flared again in the Paris suburbs, adding a new dimension to the troubles now besetting France. Although apparently unrelated to the recent wave of industrial unrest the rioting adds further pressure to France’s new president who has seen his opinion-poll ratings slump...	Future reclaimedPatrick Nicholson In 2004, the author reported from Cambodia that HIV and Aids threatened to overwhelm the country. In the run-up to World Aids Day today, he returned. Remarkably, he found that the circumstances of many people, and the situation nationally, had been transformed...

Rendering unto Caesar Free Stephen Wall A former adviser to Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor explains why he is struggling with recent approaches to some of the conflicts between Church and State. Indeed, it is the State that exhibits the very tolerance that should be at the heart of Christianity...	Gifts offered back to GodDaniel McCarthy Following on from our series on the Opening Prayer of the Mass, Daniel McCarthy returns with another series of liturgical guides, this time to the Prayers over the Gifts. The start of our Advent preparations for Christmas reflect the kindnesses of God that we honour...
Flickering light of freedomEdward Kessler This week sees the beginning of the holiday of Hanukkah. For Jews this ‘Festival of Lights’ marks a victory over the forces that tried to impose one idolatrous religion on all peoples. Today it can be seen as celebrating the human right of religious freedom...	Cast away in KampalaJulia Langdon Following an evident lack of interest in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Uganda by Britain’s Government and media, some are now asking if the institution founded on the back of the British Empire can survive...
Poetry of the divine mysterySr Wendy Beckett The few surviving icons of Mary painted before the eighth century tell their own story about the early Christians’ veneration of the Mother of God. In the first in our series for Advent, Wendy Beckett reflects on a work from Mount Sinai...	Books of the Year The Tablet's reviewers on the books that have inspired, informed and entertained them in 2007...
Tablet Traveller: Retreats and Pilgrimages Québec's shrines - Christian Syria - Carmelite spirituality...	Weighing in over dietDominic Prince

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Margaret Hebblethwaite

‘The choir danced up the aisle in simply enormous feather headdresses’

Jonathan Tulloch

Glimpses of Eden

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Dangerous Utopias of godless religions Free
The New Atheists
Tina Beattie
The agenda of the new atheists is disturbing: they embrace a belief system as intolerant, chauvinist and bigoted as that of religious fundamentalists, proposing a route to the moral ...

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