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Politicians and churchmen who talk about happiness have to be aware how slippery the concept is. A recent speech by the Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, seemed to suggest, contrary to his party?s usual anti-nanny state instincts, that ...

A momentous indictment

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Koch: ‘Church has become ally in fight against anti-Semitism'
Vatican cardinal recounts 50 years of Catholic-Jewish dialogue

I am honoured to be here today to present the John Paul II Lecture on Interreligious Understanding, the fifth in a series of prestigious annual lectures organised by the ...

Secularism - good or bad?
Archbishop Nichols and Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor take opposing views

The two most senior clerics in England and Wales set out on the same day contrasting visions of the threats posed to Christianity by secularism.

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Scandal: the story of Fr Maciel Free Gerald Renner The founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Marcial Maciel, revered by many as a saint, has finally been disciplined by Pope Benedict for sexually abusing seminarians. But why did he escape censure for so long?...	The man from The MonasteryThe Tablet Interview Abbot Christopher Jamison became the face of monasticism through the TV series The Monastery. Now, as he tells Sue Gaisford, he?s written a spin-off book. You could call it Benedict-Lite. But it has a serious intent: religion for the non-religious...
Till the end of timeDaniel McCarthy The collect for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, three days after Ascension Day, combines an awareness of the fact that Christ is now with the Father, with a trust in his promise to remain with us always. Daniel McCarthy examines how these truths are reconciled...	Mutiny against MoscowMichael Hirst Russian Orthodox exiles have ploughed a discrete and increasingly liberal furrow at their cathedral in London. Now Moscow wants to bring them to heel, while they look to Constantinople for support...

We don?t strangle turkeysJack Valero In the build-up to the release of The Da Vinci Code movie the voice of Opus Dei in Britain spent most of May coping with the extraordinary media onslaught. Here is his diary...	Even the babies celebrateHans Burgman A church in Kenya has found a joyous and holy way to keep small children engaged in the Mass...
Test of characterJohn Morrish