Latest issue: 1 August 2008 Simon Scott PlummerWith the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics less than a week away, much rides on how the world will come to view the economically booming nation following the fortnight’s festival. For China more than for any other previous host, the Olympiad is about so much more than sport 
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Unity through the Spirit Daniel McCarthyUnity through the SpiritInvocation of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharist has a purpose beyond the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, Daniel McCarthy explains. The Spirit also unites all those making offerings for the needy, who are thus made one with their neighbour and with Christ...
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