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Articulating the Church’s message in a world in which Christianity is no longer the dominant religion is a challenge Catholicism must face if it is to have a future. The most effective means of communication may be witness itself Free

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Tragedy not a basis for reform Free

A rugby scrum gone wrong put paid to the life that Daniel James once led. The vigorous young man was left paralysed from the chest down, in constant pain and suffering from continual spasms. ...

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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

When is a martyr a traitor?Thomas Norton The most famous memorial to the Reformation martyrs in Oxford recognises only Protestants. A new commemoration redresses the balance; but it is unveiled today amid controversy, not only about the purpose of ‘tribal’ memorials in ecumenical times but about the standing of martyrs...	Of popes and patriarchsNorman Russell The Royal Academy’s exhibition ‘Byzantium 330-1453’, which opens today in London, is one of the most ambitious displays of the splendours of the Byzantine Empire ever staged. Here, an expert in the era explores the changing relationship between Byzantium and the papacy...
Caring by the RuleJohn Gale, chief executive, CHT Thirteen years as a contemplative monk gave John Gale an insight into the value of community. In the second of his series on the influence of faith on those in the caring sector, Terry Philpot talks to the chief executive of the mental-health charity CHT...	Unrest within the bosom of AbrahamRobert Mickens While relations between the Vatican and the Jews improve – the Pius XII controversy notwithstanding – those with the other great faith of the Book are not yet so harmonious, as Catholic bishops meeting in Rome for the Word of God synod heard this week...

A tax to save the worldNicholas Boyle The scale of the economic crisis facing the world is daunting. But it could also be an opportunity for refashioning the financial system. Here, a Cambridge professor makes one proposal that could have far-reaching consequences for reconstruction...	Worship and serviceDaniel McCarthy The response of a witness to God’s glory is, like Moses, to ‘bow one’s head towards the earth and worship’. But as Daniel McCarthy explains, this week’s Prayer Over the Gifts highlights that this response also involves caring for our neighbour...
Tablet Education No need to be Neet - Time well spent - Where the Good News is a class act - Too much, too young? - Tweenage witness - ...	Experts highly exposedGuy Consolmagno

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Clifford Longley

‘Trident belongs to the old politics that finally died a few weeks ago’

Christopher Howse

‘“It’s true,” Martin Shaw told him. “Mother Teresa was exorcised before she died”’

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Henry the brilliant young king Free
Henry VIII
Lucy Wooding
One hardly requires a prophet's skills to predict that, by this time next year, we will all be suffering from Henry VIII fatigue. Next year marks the five-hundredth anniversary ...

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