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There 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 Free

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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 ...

Features

Secrets and spies Free Michael Walsh 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 gem worth savingLucy Lethbridge 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...
The year that wasJames Roberts 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...	In the knowPeter Hennessy 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 cosmos in her wombSarah Jane Boss 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 charter for changeConor Gearty 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...
Still a star of wonderGuy Consolmagno

Columnists

Michael Symmons Roberts

All froth and nothingness

Margaret Hebblethwaite

'There is no grief like that of a mother weeping for her children.'

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One nation under fire Free
America Right or Wrong
Anatol Lieven

You don’t often hear talk of American nationalism. You certainly rarely hear it from Americans themselves. To Americans it is in some sense an oxymoron. Nationalism in the American ...

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