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Latest issue: 10 May 2008
Last updated: 20 May 2013

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How our hearts burned within us

Laurentia Johns

The Rule of St Benedict places great emphasis on lectio divina, the meditative reading of sacred texts as a monastic practice, but this contact with the Word of God offers a means for all Christians to become empowered by the holy fire of Pentecost Free 

 From the editor’s desk


A rethink on Aids Free 

Seen through Western media eyes, the Catholic Church's main contribution to the battle against HIV-Aids in Africa and elsewhere has been its opposition to the use of condoms as a protection against infection. That perception was made worse by the ...

It's painful at the top

Pope attacks the tyranny of the markets
Cult of money is today's golden calf, warns Francis
Hospitals must ensure the LCP is not misapplied
Professor David Albert Jones, Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre
Same-sex marriage bill must not discriminate against the Church
Archbishop Vincent Nichols calls for amendments to the legislation ahead of next week's debate

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

 Features

 Columnists

Clifford LongleyClifford Longley

‘U-turns are sometimes a sign of humility, of deference to the public’s greater wisdom’

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Christopher HowseChristopher Howse

‘Scarcely any opinion can be too alien for otherwise reasonable people to entertain’

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 Books and arts

Living in the material world Free 
On Aquinas
Herbert McCabe OP
Since his death in 2001 we have had four highly acclaimed books from the estate of the Dominican philosopher and theologian Herbert McCabe, edited by his confrère Brian Davies. ...

       
Banishing O'Brien answers some questions, raises others
Abigail Frymann

So Rome has ordered Cardinal Keith O'Brien to leave Scotland, three months after it was ...

Does Cardinal O’Brien deserve banishment or pardon? He at least owes us an explanation
Elena Curti, Deputy Editor

The return of Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien to Scotland has for many Catholics rubbed salt ...

Don’t stop there, Justine Greening, the current model of aid is problematic
Bishop Kevin Dowling, guest contributor

Differing statements have appeared in the media over the past week about the decision by ...