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Editorial
Need for compromise
Battle has been joined over the threat to Catholic adoption agencies, contained in a clause in proposed legislation to outlaw discrimination against homosexuals in publicly funded services.  A global imperative Columns
Tim Hames
?The crude message offered to the public is devout Catholic equals weird and dangerous?
Ann Wroe
?No perfume of meringues can match the robust, warm tang of a baking loaf?
Michael McCarthy
?It would be the Mother of All Sewers, 20 feet across and 20 miles long?
Peter Stanford
?I know, instinctively, that the Pope wouldn?t approve of having your dog done?
Jonathan Tulloch
Glimpses of Eden
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A love found wanting
Martin Reynolds
This week, the Catholic Church stated that its adoption agencies would have to close if the Government forced them to accept applications from gay couples. Here, a gay Anglican priest describes how he and his Catholic partner took on a child and why they wish to do so again
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Church in the World
Vatican finds common ground with Turkey
China
Ties with mainland Church strengthened | | Germany
Merkel wants EU Treaty to invoke Christianity | Guyana
Religious groups unite against casino law | | Iraq
Aziz sends plea to the Pope | Italy
Martini weighs into Welby row | | Lebanon
Christians clash in Beirut streets | Myanmar
Junta accused of using Buddhism to oppress Christians | | Nigeria
Demand for oil revenue to benefit all | Portugal
?Yes? vote forecast in abortion referendum | | Rome
Climate change summit at Vatican | United States
Wuerl rebuffs Pelosi accuser | | Zimbabwe
Savage crackdown on miners condemned | |
Featured Articles
Migrating Money
Francis Davis
Billions are sent back each month by workers in the developed world to waiting families in poorer countries ? but millions are siphoned off by sharks in the process. However, with the aid of technology, microfinanciers and the Church, there may be safer ways to send money home
India?s invisible children
Mian Ridge
The discovery of the remains of 20 murdered children came as a shock to India, where in an impoverished Delhi suburb the young people had, one by one, been stolen from under the noses of an indifferent local police force. The tragedy has revealed a justice system that fails the poorest and most vulnerable in society 
Is the climate changing in Rome?
Sean McDonagh
Two major Vatican departments are to hold a summit on global warming, when the Church, after decades of saying little, will have a golden opportunity to present
to the world clear ethical teaching on protection of the planet. It could see the start of a new moral order
Glad new day
Daniel O'Leary
The start of each new day is a fresh beginning, but it presents us with a challenge ? do we succumb to the fears that beset us during the night, or do we, in the knowledge that God?s love enfolds us, treat each dawn as a chance to decide for ourselves what our life will be like? Two commands, one love
LISTEN TO THE WORD
Daniel McCarthy
Christ told us what we need to do, but we cannot do it ? love God with all our heart, mind and soul and our neighbour as ourselves ? without God?s help. As Daniel McCarthy explains, this week?s prayer petitions God for that help, and reminds us of the true measure of the love that is required of us, which is the love of God for us in Christ Lazarus at the door
PARISH PRACTISE
Terry Tastard
How seriously do we take the plight of the poor and the homeless? We may think that we are doing our bit, but Christ was unequivocal in his teaching. Here, a priest describes how he believes he himself fell short of what was needed The best way to travel
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Guy Consolmagno
Dark and dreary, January is a time to take off to new and exotic climes; or at least, to daydream about such trips. My own January voyage was a visit to my old home town, Detroit, to attend a science-fiction convention.
News from Britain and Ireland Church squares up to Government over gay-rights law More home news Book Reviews Spirituality, idealism and washing up
Utopian Dreams: a search for a better life
Tobias Jones
Reviewed by Brendan Walsh
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