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Licensed to smash and grab
Paul Nicolson
A barely noticed government amendment has given bailiffs the right to force their way into homes and seize the assets of impoverished debtors. Now there is pressure on the Government to regulate the bailiffs? activities and ensure that their potential victims get proper advice and support
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Church in the World
Benedict XVI meets Muslim countries' ambassadors
Australia
Archbishop warns that retirement fund for priests is 'effectively bankrupt' | | Germany
Prision chaplain jailed for staying silent in al-Qaida case | India
Protests spread over anti-conversion move | | Indonesia
Executions of Catholics spark unrest | Kenya
Church honours murdered nun | | Philippines
Few takers for Arroyo commission | Poland
Dziwisz warns politicians | | Russia
Religious freedom report rejected | United States
Vatican excommunicates Milingo | |
Featured Articles
Faith, reason and modernity
Anthony Carroll
Words from the lecture given by Benedict XVI in Regensburg earlier this month have reverberated around the world, because of their perceived criticism of Islam. All the more reason, then, to examine precisely what the Pope said in the whole address, and why he said it
Results of our Survey on Christian-Muslim Relations
Elena Curti
Aid tied up with strings
Paul Melly
Hilary Benn?s recent threat to withhold British funding from the World Bank is
part of a wider European trend that has seen economic policy conditions relaxed
while adopting a tougher stance on human rights and democracy Let governments root out corruption
Debbie Wainwright
The World Bank has shown it can learn from its mistakes in the economic sphere. It should bring the same open-mindedness to its battle against corruption, says Debbie Wainwright 
Passion for justice formed by struggle
The Tablet Interview
Wilfrid Napier has seen his country emerge from the scourge of apartheid only to be scarred by Aids. The South African cardinal was in London last week where he talked to Abigail Frymann about the challenges facing his nation and the Church - and the role of the West in developing countries
Not every face need fit
EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
Michael Seed
A Franciscan friar drew on personal experience when he spoke to Catholic head teachers last week, delivering a powerful plea on behalf of children who cannot be moulded easily into the education system
Real soul in the alma mater
EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
Simon Lee
At the start of the new academic year, a university vice-chancellor explains how the college experience, as demonstrated by the newer institutions, should not just be about scholarly achievement, but also about partnership and making a difference Values v. grades in France's academic hothouses
EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
Margaret St. John
In France, as in Britain, many disillusioned middle-class parents want to opt out of the state system. But for them the choice is less expensive, and the 'private' school is usually Catholic Schools apart
EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
Victoria Combe
Increasing numbers of Muslim schools are receiving state funding. But while their teachers claim that these faith-bases establishments help to produce better-adjusted citizens, others - including Ofsted's head and some in the House of Lords - disagree A highly divisive merger
EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
Isabel de Bertodano
Leeds Diocese?s decision to unite three schools with falling ratios of Catholic to non-Catholic pupils
has provoked the fury of parents and opposition of the local council. It raises the question whether
it is better to have smaller schools with a religious mix, or a large school with a strong Catholic ethos Running towards God
LISTEN TO THE WORLD
Daniel McCarthy
Leadership of the many
PARISH PRACTICE
John Cribben
Going to extremes
THE LANGUAGE GAME
John Morrish
News from Britain and Ireland Christians want dialogue with Islam More home news Book Reviews Priests are both flesh and spirit
Freeing Celibacy
Donald Cozzens
Reviewed by Peter Cornwell
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