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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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Europe?s reparation ?war? Free Jonathan Luxmoore Poles are up in arms over German claims for compensation for their countrymen who were expelled from Silesia after 1945...	Life, death and footballMichael Hirst Everton and Liverpool meet today for a match that is celebrated with all the fervour you would expect of clubs with roots in the religious faith of Merseyside...
When jail doesn?t workBrendan O?Friel The Catholic bishops? new report on prisons rightly highlights overcrowding and poor conditions, says a former governor, but the next priority is sentencing...	Lost in translationKevin McGinnell The Church?s has two commitments ? to unity and tradition, but if we emphasise the latter in the new version of the Missal, we risk losing common texts...

Make it an adventureClare Watkins It is hard to curb children?s excitement about Christmas, but they should be told that there is another important season to celebrate first ? Advent...	One more heave?David Goodall An agreement to restore devolved government to Northern Ireland has foundered but hopes endure that a deal will eventually be reached...
They all have the same shepherdSam Wells As part of our Advent series on welcome, a priest recalls how one church reached out to others by asking for help...	On the Costa del CieloLionel Blue
He was just a child, but forced to use a gunDermot O?Leary	Mind your languageNicholas Pyke
A feast of a websiteLavinia Byrne	A feast of a websiteLavinia Byrne

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China’s Christian revolution Free
God and Caesar in China
Ed. Jason Kindopp and Carol Lee Hamrin
Since the time of the T'ang (618-907), the Chinese state has assumed the right to interfere in sacred matters. The Communist Revolution of 1949, however, went much further in ...

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