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For the past two weeks, the Oxford professor Richard Dawkins has attacked religious faith on television as irrational, non-thinking and a suspension of critical faculty. Here, a leading theologian takes him to task Free

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Virus of Anti-semitism Free

The report that the Vatican is reviewing the traditional Catholic attitude to Judas Iscariot is another sign of a welcome improvement in relations between Judaism and Christianity. Judas was for centuries treated as a symbol of the Jewish rejection ...

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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

Amid the cold, signs of a thaw Free Elena Curti and Michael Hirst The state of dialogue between the Churches has been the cause of much hand-wringing among ecumenists. Yet at a recent colloquium at Durham University, which brought together representatives from the different denominations, cracks in the ice were sighted and celebrated...	An American epiphany Free Rocco Palmo Four years after the first of a flood of sexual abuse allegations that have rocked the parishes and dioceses to their foundations, the American Church faces a pivotal 12 months if it is to rebuild trust and confidence with both clergy and laity...
Wind of change in the AndesHugh O?Shaughnessy Chile?s first woman president, a survivor of imprisonment by the Pinochet regime, has set an agenda that is pro-education and equal opportunities. That Michelle Bachelet?s victory was over a billionaire right-wing businessman suggests that voters are looking for a new direction...	Roadmaps to your rootsJohn Blundell A new series of BBC2?s Who Do You Think You Are? is further fuelling the national fascination with tracing family trees. But as one geneaologist warns, unravelling the lives of dead relatives can become a passion that will take over your living space, free time and holidays...

Pink power in ColombiaIsabel de Bertodano One of the most Catholic nations in Latin America has also become one of the most progressive on the issue of homosexuality. As Isabel de Bertodano writes in the last of her three special reports, the Church is also taking steps towards a more pastoral approach...	What the camera sawJohn Cornwell When a photographer captured a woman leaping to her death from a hotel in central London, some newspapers were only too ready to print the dramatic shot. There have been many complaints of exploitation, but support too from some unexpected quarters...
Hughes? sacred salmonEdmund Matyjaszek Against the background of his troubled life, the poet Ted Hughes rediscovered in his use of language a sense of spirituality that is linked to English cultural traditions...	Never too late to beginDaniel O?Leary January is the month of starting out afresh. And the urge to begin a new journey is an experience of God?s continuing incarnation in our lives...
Justice can bring us togetherHugh Caldin Social action, as well as prayer and church services, can do much to encourage ecumenism...	No respect for wordsJohn Morrish

Columnists

Clifford Longley

?More is achieved by rewarding good behaviour than by punishing bad?

Nicholas Pyke

?Much of the fuss has a ?get Kelly? feel about it, which is unfair?

Books and arts

Evolving, unfolding world Free
Exploring Reality: the intertwining of science and religion
John Polkinghorne

After a decade as Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University, and election to the Royal Society, John Polkinghorne resigned his prestigious post to concentrate on ...

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