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As protesters demonstrate against corporate greed and politicians struggle with the eurozone crisis, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has published proposals for reforming international finance. It is a document that puts morality back into the heart of economics, says one expert Free

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The financial reforms required Free

Economic growth has transformed the world over the last two centuries, accelerating in the last 50 years. The world population has followed a similar pattern. The latest United Nations forecast is for it to rise from seven billion today to 10 or even ...

UK’s interests lie in Europe

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Secularism - good or bad?
Archbishop Nichols and Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor take opposing views

The two most senior clerics in England and Wales set out on the same day contrasting visions of the threats posed to Christianity by secularism.

In a lecture at ...

Clare Short: ‘Church gave me best of values that have continued into my political and adult life'
Former Labour minister offers candid and fond reflection on her Catholic upbringing

I've chosen as my theme the link between a Catholic childhood and radical politics. I fear this may be slightly self-indulgent and autobiographical but there are some points ...

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Whatever happened to the northern Catholic heartlands?Paul Wilkinson The Catholic Church once thrived in the north of England, serving a population that was part Irish, part recusant. Today, parishes are merging, churches are closing and Catholic culture is changing. In a special report, we examine the forces behind these changes and discover how church life is being reconfigured...	Man with a missionSam Adams In six short years, Keith Fernett has transformed a shabby seamen’s refuge in London’s Docklands into one of the capital’s best-equipped hostels for the homeless. He talked to Sam Adams about the next phase in the development of Anchor House – and breaking the cycle of poverty ...
Real heroes of HalloweenRichard Collins and Steve Alexander Behind the annual Halloween celebration of ghosts and ghouls is a Christian holiday that marks the festival of All Saints’ Day. To help parishes and schools seize the catechetical opportunities that offers, a new series of podcasts have been produced that emphasise life rather than death...	Greening the pilgrims’ wayMary Colwell In an increasingly secular age, journeys to worship at sacred places the world over are thriving. But how can the faithful and the protectors of holy sites ensure that they don’t inadvertently damage Creation through their worship of the Creator?...

Formation of the human heartVincent Nichols Faith starts with God, as we’re invited into a relationship with him. But what is the path to faith, asks the Archbishop of Westminster, and how do we become more holy, more compassionate and more capable of listening to God and to others? ...	Mark of the ‘Millennials’Michael Sean Winters Who are America’s Catholics? A wide-ranging survey reveals their gender, ethnicity and education and that the Church is becoming more Hispanic, more educated – and less concerned about the poor...
Saints among usDaniel McCarthy The faithful celebrate the sacraments and the sacrament of serving their neighbour, writes Daniel McCarthy, and these reveal the heavenly liturgy already among us...	‘Participation of the laity is key’Paul D. Murray The northern dioceses of England and Wales are facing enormous challenges, write Paul D. Murray and Marcus Pound...
Tablet Education Schools, colleges and universities...	A brush with Dr FoxJohn Morrish

Columnists

Catherine Pepinster

‘Ealing Abbey was a very special home for me. Now home has been defiled’

Christopher Howse

‘British newspapers do not habitually carry pictures of corpses’

Books and arts

Heroes but also human beings Free
This Seat of Mars: war and the British Isles 1485-1746
Charles Carlton
E very age has written about war, and books about it abound today as never before. It is Charles Carlton’s aim to describe the development of the army in England between the battle ...

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