| Defenders of the faith Free This edition’s Letters pages include an account by Fr Dermot Power of an event that took place in London as part of the Intelligence Squared series of debates. MP Ann Widdecombe and Nigerian Archbishop John Onaiyekan were thrown to the secular ... | A gift beyond price |
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For all the saintsDaniel McCarthyBefore the Second Vatican Council, the prayer for this day asked we be fortified by the constant prayer of the saints, and rejoice in venerating them. Today, writes Daniel McCarthy, we instead adore God in them, and rather than relying upon their intercession, we implore God directly...
| Home to the dissidentsWendy TyndaleUnder the atheist jackboots of the Communists, the tiny East German Catholic Church
disengaged from the State, in contrast with the Protestant Church, which opened its doors to all and became the catalyst for the change that led to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago...
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 Ready for RomeElena curti and christopher lambLast weekend, Anglicans who favour closer links with the Vatican met in London to express their delight at Pope Benedict’s announcement of an Apostolic Constitution. It is what they have been working towards for more than 20 years... | Communities of the holyPatrick PurnellFaith deepens as people worship with their fellow believers. This companionship – literally ‘sharing bread together’ – is the heart of community. The feast of All Saints is an occasion to recognise the holiness of fellow parishioners...
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Membership is not automaticDiana KleinDespite last week’s announcement of new fast-track measures for Anglicans wanting to convert, special preparations are
still necessary befor they can be received into the Catholic Church, as an experienced catechist explains...
|  Waiting for the small printMichael Sean WintersUS reaction to the Pope’s overtures to Anglicans has been mixed as for nearly 30 years dissenting Anglican communities have had a special ‘pastoral provision’ to ease their theological concerns... |
Could Mary be the woman in black?Trevor MostynThe campaign to save Sawston Hall, a sixteenth-century Catholic ‘safe house’, from the developers hangs on the provenance
of a painting that might, or might not, be by Holbein...
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Shooting star of the Renaissance Free
Titian: the last days
Mark Hudson
I nearly did this book a great wrong. I nearly abandoned it in the first chapter, in which case I would have missed one of the most perceptive books on an artist which ... |
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Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools?
Christopher Lamb
According to the chairman of governors at the Cardinal Vaughan School, west London, one ... Goodwin the scapegoat
Elena Curti
There was an old Sixties TV series, Branded, about a disgraced soldier that always began ... The pain of being a coeliac Catholic
Sr M, guest contributor
"Whoever comes to me, I shall not turn (him) her away" (John 6:37). Many readers will recognise ...
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