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Latest issue: 1 January 2005  Look to the futureClifford LongleyThere are some certainties about the coming year - a general election in Britain, further tensions in Iraq and Israel. Here, we present a guide to 2005 - including some surprises, especially for the Church and its influence
Church in the WorldDisease spreads as tsunami death toll rises |
ColombiaGuerrillas ?kill priest? | ItalyDupuis dies at 81 |
South AfricaChurch to dispel lingering racism | VaticanVatican may abolish miracles for saint-making |
Secrets and spies
The Da Vinci Code and claims about the new cabinet minister, Ruth Kelly, have put Opus Dei in the headlines. What sort of organisation is it today?...
A charter for change
The coming year is likely to see reforms at the United Nations following a report into its failings. This will have ramifications across the globe...
In the know
After 750 years of secrecy Britain becomes a different nation next week. But how far will the right to freedom of information really change our culture?...
The year that was
Terrorism in Madrid and Iraq; 15 more EU members; Ratzinger on the role of women; Arafat died; Bush re-elected; Europe's anti-Catholicism: farewell to 2004...
The cosmos in her womb
The timing of the feast of the Solemnity of the Mother of God is symbolic - it recognises an enduring desire to see Mary as patroness of the new year...
A gem worth saving
There is little more than a month left to stop the Macclesfield Psalter, a masterpiece of medieval religious art, from leaving Britain for a California museum...
