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Anto AkkaraThe fault line that runs through the border area of India and Pakistan is political as well as geological. Victims of Saturday?s earthquake are now struggling to get aid in the face of government intransigence, and church groups have stepped in to help bridge the gap Free
From the editor’s desk
| Celibacy and the priesthood Free
BECAUSE OF THE chronic shortage of vocations to the priesthood, even some flourishing Catholic parishes in Britain are likely to be told in the future that they must manage henceforth without a priest. They may have to become outposts of neighbouring ... | |
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Features
Ronchamp: a space made sacred at last Free Mark IrvingFifty years ago, Le Corbusier built Notre Dame du Haut, a church that was to become one of the most famous in Europe and came to represent his distinctive style. Its consecration prompts a re-examination of its creator?s spiritual beliefs, and their influence on his designs...
| Under the moral microscopeDavid Albert JonesLast week, the Archbishop of Westminster made a plea to Tony Blair to tighten monitoring of the biotechnology industries. Here, a scholar of bioethics calls for a national committee where the issues could be debated transparently...
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Radical with an openness to truthDamian HowardScholar, teacher, social worker, youth leader, trade unionist and journalist, Alberto Hurtado SJ was once described as radiating apostolic energy. Next week he becomes Chile?s second saint, 53 years after his death...
| Last plea of ?God?s banker?David WilleyTwenty-three years ago the body of Roberto Calvi was found hanging from London?s Blackfriars Bridge. A trial just opened in Rome may unravel the mystery of his death...
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Reconstructing GermanyAlan PosenerThe new German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will have an uphill climb forming a coalition. But despite the apparently intractable problems, her plan may just work...
| The imperfect is presentDaniel O?LearyTo be excessively scrupulous in trying to eliminate all sin is to miss the point of Christ?s example and, as one priest finds, too much virtue can even hurt you...
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A pint and some soul foodJohn DeehanA parish gathering provides a chance to share a meal and explore faith with friends and, more importantly, strangers...
| Abbot Alan ReesDom Paul Stonham
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Columnists
Clifford Longley ?We could no longer talk of laws of nature, when they were so regularly broken? Nicholas Pyke ?The disappearance of a subject once part of the academic bedrock is curious?
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Books and arts
Pleasurable melancholy Free
Untold Stories
Alan Bennett
ALAN BENNETT’s mother – his Mam – became depressed in 1966 when her quiet, violin-playing husband retired from his unlikely trade as a butcher and they moved into a country village. ...
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Muslims are living in fear after the Woolwich murder
Fiyaz Mughal
The awful attack in Woolwich on Wednesday afternoon has done more than just lead to one ... Gay marriage and disestablishment: better the muddle you know?
Theo Hobson
If, as looks very likely, gay marriage becomes law, the established Church will be opposed ... Medics don't want assisted dying legalised
Dr Gillian Paterson, guest contributor
Both my parents died of cancer. Both had painkilling medication in the final stages: shortening ...
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