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Publication of Humanae Vitae 40 years ago was a seismic moment in the history of the Catholic Church. Today most practising Catholics ignore its teaching on birth control and more than half think it should be revised. This is the central finding of a major survey commissioned by The Tablet Free

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Birth control and belief Free

In his memoir, A Crown of Thorns, Cardinal John Heenan of Westminster called the crisis that overtook global Catholicism in the summer of 1968 "the greatest shock the Church has suffered since the Reformation". He was referring of course ...

Bosnia’s chance for justice

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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

Features

Faultlines reopenTheo Hobson and Victoria Combe This week in Canterbury, what Rowan Williams calls ‘this extraordinary thing’, the Anglican Communion, is dividing inexorably between a broadly (but not entirely) liberal Western section and a conservative section rooted mainly in the developing world...	Plentiful bountyDaniel McCarthy Acts of giving define us: God gives us to ourselves in Creation, God gives himself to us in the Incarnation, and we give ourselves to God and our neighbour in the Eucharist. By virtue of these acts we are made holy, writes Daniel McCarthy, and brought to eternal joy...
Out of the desertEdward Kessler Saudi Arabia took its first steps along the road of interfaith dialogue when King Abdullah opened the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid. His initiative has a major symbolic significance even if some of the key elements for true religious encounter were missing...	Stretching the sinews of the heartDaniel O’Leary Soon the world will be watching the finest athletes competing in Beijing to prove themselves the best in their chosen field. That amazing level of total commitment is necessary, too, on the training ground of the soul...

Tablet Special: Humanae Vitae 40 years onDavid Lodge,Sue Gaisford, Jimmy Burns, Catherine Pepinster, Charles Curran, Paulinus Ikechukwu Odozor How far have we come? - Nothing changed? Everything changed - Matter of conscience - The deafening silence of dissent - Dangers of certitude Healthy vision for Africa...	World Youth Day 2008Stephen Crittenden, A day to rejoice - ‘You are the new creation’...
Mass and the neutrinoGuy Consolmagno

Columnists

Tim Hames

‘There seems to be an agreement that the provision of welfare has lost its moorings’

Colenso Lambeth

‘The clipboard was probably not part of the Zulu original’

Books and arts

Flourishing conditions for terror Free
Descent into Chaos: how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid
The partition of India in 1947 created a Muslim state in awe of its giant, multiconfessional neighbour. Three wars since then, the last resulting in the loss of its eastern wing, ...

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