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Aids and the lesser evil Free

The Vatican could no longer ignore the evidence of a serious division of opinion in the Catholic Church about the use of condoms in the fight against HIV-Aids. It was therefore judicious of Pope Benedict XVI to call for a review of the medical ...

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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 ...

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True test of kingship Free The Tablet Interview One African monarch has more reason than most to welcome a possible shift in the Vatican?s position on condoms. Isabel de Bertodano meets King Litsie III of Lesotho, who has taken unusual steps to help alleviate his country?s Aids crisis...	Home, not so sweet home Free Philip Crispin When the Church of England’s commissioners forced through the sale of part of the historic Octavia Hill social housing estates, they said tenants would be protected. Now the new private owners plan to sell the properties on the open market...
Clarion call on condoms Free Robert Mickens Comments by one of the Church?s most influential cardinals coupled with news of a Pontifical Council for Health Care report have fuelled speculation that the Vatican may be changing its view on the use of condoms in the fight against Aids...	Catholicism’s indelible mark on the page Free Mark Lawson With the recent deaths of John McGahern and Muriel Spark, does fiction inspired or underpinned by the Catholic faith have a future? Leafing through the pages, from novels to plays, it looks like it’s still very much alive...

The boys from Brazil Free Francis Davis One East London parish has more than quadrupled its congregation since it started offering Masses in Portuguese. For the migrants in the congregation, it offers social as well as spiritual and pastoral support...	An equal music Free Stephen Hough A career as an internationally renowned pianist has helped one gay man ameliorate the ?terrible light? of the Church?s teaching on homosexuality ? teaching that must change with changing times...
’Aboud – a paradise defiled Free Timothy Wright As a village in the Holy Land it had everything – water, pastures, olive groves and good Christian-Muslim relations. Then came the “Israeli Segregation Wall Plan”...	With joy and expectation Free Listen to the Word The Collect for the Third Sunday of Easter welcomes the renewal of spirit and looks forward to our resurrection. Daniel McCarthy explores its message...
Pacing the apostolic path Free Tom Caluori Confirmation should not be a last gasp of faith but part of the ongoing journey of formation...	To innovate is not to reform Free John Morrish