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Quiet voice of modernity’s enemy
Theo Hobson
With an Anglo-Catholic antipathy to secular liberalism dating back to Newman, Rowan Williams is seen by many as more of a thinker than a leader, something he too was conscious of when he was enthroned as the Anglicans’ leader five years ago this month
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Church in the World
Liberal to succeed Lehmann
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Churches accused over deaths of aboriginal children | | France
Recognition of Catholic degrees likely | Pakistan
Warning against appeasing proponents of sharia law | | Rome
Cardinals call for new Marian dogma | Russia
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Priests reject bishops’ political interventions | United States
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More than mere satchel bearers
Edward Kessler
Old wounds have been re-opened by the controversial revision of the Latin prayer for the Tridentine Good Friday liturgy. Most hurtful is the patristic view that Jewish holy books were just the carriers of revelation until the election of Gentile scripture 
The job of religions
FAITH AND LAW: TABLET special report
Clifford Longley
There is no need for the Archbishop of Canterbury to apologise for his remarks about faith and the state, for, far from cowering at the side of the public square, it is the role of all religions to be a threat to self-serving secularism and the pursuit of pleasure that seems its only value
Wise and helpful words
FAITH AND LAW: TABLET special report
Chris Chivers
To many engaged on the front line of interfaith dialogue,
such as the canon of Blackburn Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s views are correct in pointing a way forward. Indeed, he says, we must act now before it is too late 
Still fighting for peace
The Tablet Interview
Elena Curti
One of the best-known faces of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Bruce Kent, talks to Elena Curti about the founding of the group 50 years ago, his involvement with the movement, how he had to choose between it and the priesthood, and the current state of the Church
A cheerful, joyous love
Lenten Reflections
Cardinal Basil Hume
Positive resolutions feature in this meditation for the second Sunday of Lent by the late Cardinal Basil Hume. He looks at the hope that Easter represents, the need to turn to God and resisting what separates us from Him.
Act of mature faith
Listen to the Word
Daniel McCarthy
The prayer over the gifts for the second Sunday in Lent expresses the interplay of celebration and sanctification on our Christian journey, for which trust in God is central. The Eucharist, writes Daniel McCarthy, marks the start and finish of this process of spiritual development Too shy about sin
Parish Practice
John Arnold
The Sacrament of Reconciliation has slipped out of the lives of many Catholics, who do not seem to feel comfortable talking about deeply personal things in the context of the confessional. But the discovery of our faults can show us how everything can be turned to good Honour Bound
The Language Game
John Morrish
News from Britain and Ireland Williams goes for damage limitation More home news Book Reviews Work: our individual liturgy
The Craftsman
Richard Sennett
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