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Catherine PepinsterLeading Catholic Lord Patten has been summoned by Prime Minister David Cameron to sort out the problems besetting the first state visit to Britain by a Pope, not least the gap between escalating costs and the money being raised. Can he fix it in time? Free
From the editor’s desk
| A need for enthusiasm Free Preparations for Pope Benedict XVI’s state visit to Britain in September have evidently not been going as smoothly as they might. A lack of information and evidence of uncertainty about the itinerary, even 12 weeks before it starts, have fuelled ... | Oil spill exposes moral gulf |
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Features
 Taking libertiesConor GeartyDavid Cameron and the Conservatives never made a secret of their desire to rid Britain of what they saw as a European encroachment on the Common Law. Now their coalition partners, the Lib Dems, and even Labour, appear to be wavering in their defence of the Human Rights Act... |  To be and not to beTerry EagletonParadox and logic characterise the thinking of two great Dominicans separated
by centuries but united in their grappling with existence and evil. For Thomas Aquinas, essence was key, while for his disciple, Herbert McCabe, it became language itself
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 Keep it simpleNicholas KingResponding to Abbot Cuthbert Johnson’s warning last week against over-simplified language in the new translation of the Missal, a scriptural scholar counsels against an obsession with Latin and regrets the secrecy surrounding the modern liturgy ... | Adventures in faithSusanne KowalParishes throughout England and Wales are seeing an increase in numbers of children seeking initiation into the Church, which has sparked an interest in new materials and aids offering guidance for the young people, their catechists and their families...
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About faceAlain WoodrowAnyone forcing a woman in France to hide her face could be looking at a fine of up to £12,500, or even a year in jail, if a new law banning the full-body veil, or burka, is passed by the National Assembly next month and the Senate in September...
| Creator and recreatorDaniel McCarthyBy cooperating with divine gifts, writes Daniel McCarthy, people mature by
steps as reflected in each prayer, by rites that develop as the liturgy
unfolds and, as the prayers are repeated annually, by the cycles of a lifetime...
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Making a noise about silenceBrendan McCarthyAhead of his new TV series, Christopher Jamison talks to Brendan McCarthy about introducing Ignatian spirituality to a mass audience and losing his role as Abbot of Worth, the Benedictine abbey in Sussex...
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Columnists
 Clifford Longley‘When the party whips are operating, where does legitimacy come from?’  Christopher Howse‘Cumbria did not need psychiatrists but the support of neighbours and local clergy’
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Books and arts
Must for A modern theologian Free
The International Theological Commission: texts and documents Vol. 1: 1969-1985, Vol. 2: 1986-2007
Michael Sharkey and Thomas Weinandy (eds)
These two volumes belong on the shelf of every Catholic theologian. They provide, in good translations and with excellent indices, all the documents produced by the International ... |
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Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms?
Elena Curti
The clear message that emerged from the symposium on child sexual abuse held in Rome from ... 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 ...
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