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The role of the bishop will be the theme when the synod meets in Rome this autumn. According to Vatican II, it is the college bishops, with and under the pope, that governs the Church. But how to implement that vision? The professor of philosophy of law and canon law at Georgetown Unversity urges a rethink. Free

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Sexual abuse: a multi-faceted response
Cardinal Levada addresses Rome conference

"Toward Healing and Renewal" is the title given to this Symposium for Catholic Bishops and Religious Superiors on the Sexual Abuse of Minors. For leaders in the Church for whom this ...

Prayer for Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral issue text

The Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral has written a prayer for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee which will be used at the cathedral's service of thanksgiving on 5 June. The Archbishops of ...

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Women raise their voices Free Martin Browne Religious who wanted to attend a Dublin conference to discuss women's ordination found themselves under heavy pressure from the Vatican. The Tablet's Dublin correspondent reports on the first meeting of Womens' Ordination Worldwide....	The mission we can shareEdward Kessler Christian attitudes to the Jews have been transformed in the West. The director of the Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations in Cambridge suggests that the emphasis should now be on partnership and acceptance of difference. But the new attitudes have to be spread throughout churches and synagogues....
Houdinis in the Holy OfficeDavid McLaurin The rehabilitation of Antonio Rosmini will be an encouragement to theologians seeking to engage in dialogue with the world. A Rosminian priest welcomes the move. He wonders whether Rome's method of escape from an untenable position might not prove useful in other contexts also....	What it's really like for Britain's poorPaul Nicolson Next week the General Synod of the Church of England is to debate poverty in modern Britain. The stark realities are here revealed by an Anglican priest who calls for properly funded research into the minimum support that people need....

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The evil revolutionary: a dispassionate assessment Free
The Hitler of History: Hitler's biographers on trial
John Lukacs

W.F. Deedes has related that, on returning from Berchtesgaden in September 1938, Chamberlain told the Cabinet that Hitler was 'the commonest little dog you ever saw' – recorded in ...

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