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Editorial
Sometimes only silence will do A hard-won right worth defending Columns
Michael Symmons Roberts
All froth and nothingness Margaret Hebblethwaite
'There is no grief like that of a mother weeping for her children.' Nicholas Pyke
'Ruth Kelly does not seem a born risk-taker. But she could make a difference.'
Notebook The Living Spirit The Living Spirit Letters Classifieds 
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Look to the future
Clifford Longley
There are some certainties about the coming year - a general election in Britain, further tensions in Iraq and Israel. Here, we present a guide to 2005 - including some surprises, especially for the Church and its influence
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Church in the World
Disease spreads as tsunami death toll rises
Featured Articles
Secrets and spies
Michael Walsh
The Da Vinci Code and claims about the new cabinet minister, Ruth Kelly, have put Opus Dei in the headlines. What sort of organisation is it today? A charter for change
Conor Gearty
The coming year is likely to see reforms at the United Nations following a report into its failings. This will have ramifications across the globe In the know
Letter from Whitehall
Peter Hennessy
After 750 years of secrecy Britain becomes a different nation next week. But how far will the right to freedom of information really change our culture? The year that was
James Roberts
Terrorism in Madrid and Iraq; 15 more EU members; Ratzinger on the role of women; Arafat died; Bush re-elected; Europe's anti-Catholicism: farewell to 2004 The cosmos in her womb
Sarah Jane Boss
The timing of the feast of the Solemnity of the Mother of God is symbolic - it recognises an enduring desire to see Mary as patroness of the new year A gem worth saving
Lucy Lethbridge
There is little more than a month left to stop the Macclesfield Psalter, a masterpiece of medieval religious art, from leaving Britain for a California museum Still a star of wonder
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Guy Consolmagno
Arts
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Cinema
A young man in a hurry
The AviatorCrispin Jackson
Main
The witch and the widow
Mary Poppins and Aladdin Mark Lawson
Radio
When imagination triumphsD.J.Taylor
Television
Carols and caricature
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News from Britain and Ireland Church calls for bioethics watchdog Book Reviews One nation under fire
America Right or Wrong
Anatol Lieven
Reviewed by Gerard Baker
Nobody's Fool: the life of Archbishop Robin Eames
Alf McCreary
Reviewed by Anthony Howard
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