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The German-speaking Catholic Church has failed in its attempt to enlist all its members in the task of reform. A theologian laments this betrayal of Vatican II Free

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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 ...

Features

Battle over euthanasia Free Mian Ridge The debate in Britain about legalising euthanasia is moving into Parliament. The Tablet?s assistant editor explores the arguments...	Iraq in the melting potAnthony O?Mahony The Shia majority of Iraq?s Muslims, for so long disadvantaged and isolated, are now claiming their rightful place. The implications for the whole region are huge. Can the challenge be met?...
The Mersey tideChris Hardwick What is happening to Catholicism in Liverpool? Just as the city revives, is the faith on the ebb? A playwright and writer on religion reads the signs...	Medicine for the NHSJulia Neuberger The Government is to give top hospitals a measure of freedom from central control. Could this be a blueprint for the health service of the future?...

Pushing down the laity	Clare Short bows out
Bravo, Fr CappuccinoAnn Wroe

Columnists

Clifford Longley

Calling the BBC to account

Books and arts

Ireland’s politician extraordinary Free
Reflections on the Irish State
Garret FitzGerald
It is difficult to begin reviewing this book without remembering the well-known story about the blind Indians attempting to describe an elephant. “Yes”, said one of them, feeling its ...

The changing Church Free
101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II
Maureen Sullivan

Sr Maureen Sullivan’s book on the Second Vatican Council comes across as more a lively conversation with her college students – warm, candid, enthusiastic, and extremely well-informed ...

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