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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

Half a stick of gum a day... Free David Loyn ...is all Bob Geldof says it will cost citizens of the richest nations to fund his and Tony Blair?s strategy to lock Africa into the policies of the developed world. But without rock-solid American and European commitment, can this really happen? ...	Those with eyes to seeJames Alison As we prepare to commemorate the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday, the final article in this series looks at the meaning of the consecration and how we can understand the reality of the presence of the body and blood of Christ...
The shaming of Sinn FeinTerence O?Keeffe Recent murders and the ?26 million bank robbery have dissipated whatever credibility the republican party ever possessed, but where it looks most out of step is over the issue of policing...	The voice of experiencePeter Hennessy The House of Lords ? and history ? have exposed the dangers of extending the state?s coercive powers in peacetime. Nevertheless, there is a clear danger from terrorists in this country...

Ready, steady, marryVictoria Combe One in ten couples divorce after one year and the number cohabiting is forecast to double soon. Should the Church think harder about marriage preparation?...	Vices and desiresTerry Eagleton The profoundly fleshly Catholic faith lends itself powerfully to wit. This week we lost Dave Allen and Alice Thomas Ellis, two of its best exponents...
PietSebastian Moore	A way to avoid blameThe language game
Bishop David SheppardNicholas Frayling

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Clifford Longley

Our sin of omission

Nicholas Pyke

?The archdiocese has sacked four governors. Is it back to the bad old days??

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The killing of Jesus Free
The Passion
Geza Vermes

The advertisement on the cover of this latest book by Professor Vermes promises “the true story”. And indeed, “What really happened?” is the question he claims to be answering ...

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