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Editorial
The new-style papacy
Editorial An organisation that we need
Editorial  Columns
Clifford Longley
?The multicultural model became part of the dogmatism of political correctness?
Libby Purves
?A convent childhood leaves me strangely devoted to the gesture on daily occasions?
Margaret Hebblethwaite
?If any country has put its money where its mouth is, it is Castro?s Cuba?
Robert Mickens
Letter from Rome 
Jonathan Tulloch
Glimpses of Eden
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Beyond boundaries: the infinite creator
Keith Ward
Pope Benedict and his former doctoral students meet this weekend to discuss creation and evolution. Despite their apparent differences, the idea of the evolution of human life and its intelligent design by God are not in conflict, says one leading philosopher of religion.
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Church in the World
Pope ignores activists and signals a more inward-looking pontificate
Australia
Priest abandons Mass after 'political' song | | Brazil
Bishop's leader mourned | Colombia
First legal abortion condemned | | Peru
Work halted at largest gold mine | Poland
Polish hierarchy reaches out to 'diaspora' | | Russia
Orthodox overture to Episcopalians | United States
Churches help to integrate immigrants | |
Featured Articles
?Britain allows me to be who I am?
Theo Hobson
Ibrahim Mogra is the acceptable face of British Islam ? a mainstream Muslim
who rejects the perverted beliefs of terrorists. Yet while he accepts that secular pluralism
is a good thing, offering him freedom, his discomfort over the freedoms it renders
others highlights how complex a relationship Islam has with this country We have failed planet Earth
Richard Chartres
A report from aid agencies this week has highlighted dangers to the environment caused by our exploitation of it. Here the Bishop of London reflects on how today?s ecological challenge provides a reason for re-engaging
with a richer understanding of sin and salvation 
Home and away
Andrew McDonald
According to an opinion poll, around 10 million Britons who are disillusioned with the British political system want to move abroad. But how does living in a foreign country affect our view of our own? One Tablet contributor, who moved to California with his family, explains that being an emigrant encourages not only nostalgia, but also connections, to both the old home and the new
In an English cloister garden
FAITH & FLOWERS - 5
Richard Abbott
As Edward Pugin?s Monastery of St Francis in Gorton, Manchester, undergoes restoration, Richard Abbott explores this beautiful building, a masterpiece of imperfect symmetry meticulously planned to the glory of God 
A life for a life
John Cornwell
A so-called medical breakthrough in stem-cell research, by a profit-making company, invites controversy. Any progress in curing disease is to be welcomed, but such developments can never be justified where they put a life at risk
Glasgow?s cross
Tom Shields
When Celtic?s Polish goalkeeper made the sign of the cross during an ?Old Firm? game last season, Rangers fans complained and the police took up the case. Is sectarianism still thriving in Scotland?s second city? Nourish good things in us
LISTEN TO THE WORD
In the opening prayer for the twenty-second Sunday in ordinary time, we ask God to nurture in us the seed of love of his name, and in doing so increase our reverence for him. Daniel McCarthy examines the complexities of the original Latin and casts light on their English translation Cake that takes some beating
FEASTS AND FOOD
Rose Prince
News from Britain and Ireland BBC head dismisses Winston's The Story of God More home news Book Reviews A restless heart keeps its secrets
Donne: the reformed soul
John Stubbs
Reviewed by Christopher Howse
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