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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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The sensible Mr Watson Free Julian Hughes James Watson and Francis Crick believe that in cracking the DNA code they have discovered ?the secret of life?. It depends what you mean, says a critic...	Gospel for the AmazonOwain Johnson How to evangelise the Indians of the Amazon: softly, softly or hard sell? Our correspondent in Caracas contrasts Catholic and evangelical approaches...
Homes with heartMian Ridge Care homes for the elderly run by religious orders make a special contribution. But so many are being forced to close (see leading article)...	Yoga in prisonShirley Lancaster Britain?s prisons house a higher proportion of the population than anywhere in Europe. The Prison Phoenix Trust applies spiritual remedies...

Church meets GoogleAusten Ivereigh Just as the invention of the printing press revolutionised society, so will the internet. How should the Church react?...	Daybreak or false dawn?
A duty of care	Meet the evangelicalsPastor Ignotus
?You cannot eat honesty?Margaret Hebblethwaite

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China bars the door to democracy Free
China’s New Rulers: the secret files
Eds Andrew J. Nathan and Bruce Gilley
Published just before the fourth generation of China’s post-revolutionary leaders assumed power, this book is based on reports to members of the outgoing Politburo on the candidates ...

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