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Rebel with a cause
Robert Ellsberg
The diaries of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, are published this month. Here her publisher and editor recalls her life, with its mix of traditional piety and radical politics. Day, now on the path to sainthood, has already made a significant mark on the Church
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Church in the World
Churches insist that Zimbabwean people’s wishes must prevail
France
Cardinals take on advocates of euthanasia | | Germany
St Augustine sermons discovered | Rome
Lefebvrists trickle in from the cold | | Russia
Gorbachev denies he is a Christian | Spain
Down’s syndrome foetus abortions rise | | Sudan
Peace deal ‘could be derailed’ | United States
Half of all Americans want to see the Pope | |
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Slipping on the slope of progress
Mary Seller
Legislators are trying to keep up with scientists who have found a way to make animal-human hybrid embryos for use in medical research. But is such use of animal and human material ethical? Here a leading geneticist and priest explains why she thinks scientists should indeed play God
Coca nation
Hugh O'Shaughnessy
In two years President Evo Morales has made his mark on Bolivia, bolstering the lot of the indigenous people. But he has not always found favour with wealthy Bolivians, the Americans or the Church. And at the heart of many disputes lies an ancient bush Wedding bells no longer chime
Yvonne Roberts
With marriage rates dropping to their lowest levels since records began, the common experience of a vowed, committed relationship is fading, and marriage has become increasingly the preserve of the rich. Neither politicians nor churchmen have succeeded in ‘selling’ it to the younger generations 
God’s plan for the Jews
Eugene J. Fisher
Last week in The Tablet, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP wrote of ‘The Jewish way of salvation’, and the distinct way in which Christians should proclaim their faith to Jews. Now a leading authority on interfaith dialogue responds
Not pity – equality
Nick O'Brien
The way we treat people with disabilities has changed profoundly, with an emphasis on justice and rights rather than sympathy and charity. It owes much to the veterans of the Vietnam War, says a specialist in disability law, but also to the Church’s ideas about love, based on the Holy Trinity Four kinds of joy
Listen to the Word
Daniel McCarthy
Inward joy cannot always be contained, but demands to be shown and expressed. The prayer for the third Sunday of Easter, Daniel McCarthy explains, evokes the Christian destiny, the nuptial joy of the lamb and the Church Water for ‘new plants’
Parish Practice
James Leachman
All sacraments derive their primary meaning from baptism, long associated with Easter. Eastertide also serves as a time for strengthening the faith and fellowship of the whole parish Fasting and feasting
The Ethical Kitchen
Rose Prince
News from Britain and Ireland Cardinal defends Blair as a faithful Catholic More home news Book Reviews In search of that extra oomph
Nothing to be Frightened of
Julian Barnes
Reviewed by Christopher Howse
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