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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 ...

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Does Nolan go too far? Free Elena Curti Tough new measures to prevent child abuse are being taken by the Catholic Church in England and Wales. In the past the Church has been accused of putting the interests of offending priests before their victims. Now it is determined to redress the balance. But, as our reporter discovers, some priests feel vulnerable and afraid....	Monks with MercedesKevin Rafferty Buddhism is central to the way of life in Thailand, but this is a country undergoing rapid change. How can the monks move with the times without losing their own soul? Scandals and schisms in their ranks show the difficulty. A journalist based in Hong Kong who travels frequently in the region investigates their dilemma....
Taught by St BenedictChristopher Jamison Thriving Benedictine schools in Chile are being run by a lay movement. It is a remarkable story of how monastic ideals can be spread. Could the model be exportable? The headmaster of Worth School in Sussex went to see for himself....	Why don?t you telephone?Margaret Hebblethwaite

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Will Hutton may not thank me for saying so, but the very considerable strength of The World We’re In lies in its clear exposition of obvious common sense. “There are”, Hutton ...

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