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A report commissioned by the Church of England this week accuses the Government of religious illiteracy. One of its authors here highlights how, for example, the denizens of the Charity Commission fail to understand the nature of Christian charity Free

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Parade of the talents Free

The papal nuncio to Great Britain has let it be known he has begun consultations to find a successor to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor as Archbishop of Westminster. In that spirit The Tablet has been publishing a range of opinions from Catholics, ...

Release the poverty trap

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The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse
Speeches from this week's conference in Rome

This week in Rome bishops and religious superiors met at the first Vatican-backed symposium devoted to forging a global response to the crisis of clerical sexual abuse that has disgraced ...

Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial
Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh

Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...

Features

New dawn for sacred art Free Laura Gascoigne The announcement that the Vatican will be a major player at next year’s Venice Biennale marks the return of the Church as a patron of contemporary art, something it is uniquely able to do as long as it eschews the fads and foibles of today’s marketplace...	The hidden peacemakersConor Gearty Three decades ago, the idea that Northern Ireland would ever engage in ‘normal politics’ was almost unimaginable. But one little-known organisation believed that bringing enemies together in secret would bear fruit. It did, and may offer lessons for the Middle East today...
Towards living with IslamJames Roberts Catholic and Muslim leaders have drawn up a new framework ahead of talks to finalise the forum set to meet at the Vatican in November. The cardinal responsible for interreligious dialogue says their approach will be challenging but could yield big returns...	Food for heart and soulDaniel McCarthy This prayer has been used for times of fasting and in time of famine. Daniel McCarthy explains that in it we ask God to feed us in our entirety, nourishing our bodies at the same time as he renews our whole person through the Eucharist...

Tablet Traveller The Italian connection - Lessons in survival from a Styrian hill - Perlis of a lone pilgrim - Undying draw of the desert - Where the spirit can move us...	Who will it be?
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Tim Hames

‘The relationship between Jewish America and Israel can become awkward’

Laurence Freeman

‘The silence of meditation exposes the false silences that distort human affairs’

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The gloom and hope of life Free
Deaf Sentence
David Lodge

David Lodge's new novel opens with the nose of a retired professor of linguistics, Desmond Bates, hovering a few inches above the breasts of a young woman, as he desperately ...

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