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When the Cistercian monk and author Thomas Merton first visited the monastery that was to become his home, the Abbey of Gethsemani, he is said to have exclaimed that he had discovered the only real city in America. It was a comment that conveyed how ...

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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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The limits of dissentJonathan Luxmoore Fr Waclaw Hryniewicz has devoted much of his working life to the cause of ecumenism, but he has been called to account by Rome for an online essay written in sympathy for the ‘pain’ he felt a Vatican document had caused Protestants. The issue has descended into a bitter row of claims and counter-claims...	The signs we giveCyril Axelrod Isaiah tells us that we are so important to God that he has written our names on his hands (49:16). For deaf-blind people at Mass, this image is especially powerful: the words of the liturgy must be finger-written on the palm. And for a deaf-blind priest, communication of the Word is still possible...
His silence spoke volumesYehuda Bauer There have been renewed calls for the beatification of Pope Pius XII in the run-up to the fiftieth anniversary of his death. But controversy remains concerning his failure to speak out about the plight of the Jews during the Second World War. Here a senior Jewish historian offers his assessment...	Sanctified by serviceDaniel McCarthy Daniel McCarthy examines the Prayer Over the Gifts for this week, which focuses on the sacrifices that the faithful offer – of service, of humility, and to love one another – as established by Christ at Last Supper. Through these sacrifices, they celebrate the holy mysteries and are redeemed...

Ancient rule for modern timesRobert Mickens For Benedictine abbots who gathered in Rome for the order’s international abbatial congress, a fall in vocations in the West is of paramount concern. Yet that decline is matched by an appetite for monastic life: guesthouses, schools and retreat centres are full...	What really caused the crash of 2008Keith Leslie Politicians have complained about corporate greed and the culture of huge bonuses for the financial crisis now engulfing the markets. But simply promising tighter regulation will not curb what is in reality a much wider problem...
Don't duck the mallardRose Prince

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Tim Hames

‘It is possible to detect a silver lining to this darkest of clouds’

Nicholas Pyke

‘It is doubtful if more diversity and competition can really be the answer’

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Religion in a political minefield Free
Christianity in India: from beginnings to the present
Robert Eric Frykenberg
We hear a lot these days about India as a potential economic superpower, as a scene of Hindu-Muslim conflict and as an object of Raj nostalgia, but not much about Indian Christians: ...

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