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Editorial
Never Peter without the eleven  Lib Dems will reap the decency vote Columns
Ann Wroe
?Catholics are still not quite English, still not quite loyal enough? Lucy Lethbridge
Rucksacks and Ave Marias along the Tiber Christopher Howse
Watching Brief ? a weekly guide to spin, words and supposed wisdom Madeleine Bunting
?The driver of a new role for the state is not children?s welfare but parents? labour? Jonathan Tulloch
Glimpses of Eden
Notebook The Living Spirit The Living Spirit Letters Classifieds
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The lost continent
Clifford Longley
When the cardinals enter the conclave to elect the next pope, one of the most urgent issues they face ? as will John Paul II?s successor ? is how the Church can connect once more with Europe, its former heartland
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Church in the World
Cardinals agree to pre-conclave media black-out
Africa
What the world wants from the next papacy | | Americas
US fury as sex-scandal cardinal says funeral Mass | Asia
Beijing ?blocking ties with Rome? | | Latin America
What the world wants from the next papacy | |
Featured Articles
The other half of the Church
Catherine Pepinster
For all the Vatican?s increasingly enlightened view of women?s role in the world, prejudice still prevents many from participating fully within Catholicism. Changing that needs to be high on the next pope?s agenda Vital dissent
Lavinia Byrne
John Paul II?s papacy was marked by moves to silence critics. But it is crucial for the health of the Church for a new pope to tolerate argument and debate Freedom?s friend, to a point
John Cornwell
Part of the welcome legacy of the late Pope is his outreach to Islam. But he also shared with Muslim fundamentalists a scepticism about democracy From red hat to papal crown
Robert Mickens
As the cardinals prepare for the conclave and the start of voting for the successor to John Paul II, The Tablet?s Rome correspondent considers the men who are papabili ? the likely contenders to be pope Cardinal?s novel approach
Noonie Minogue
Cormac Murphy-O?Connor is taking the work of the great English moralist, Jane Austen, to the conclave. Will her wisdom help him in choosing a new pope? An unforgettable farewell
Funeral of Pope John Paul II
Margaret Hebblethwaite
Last Friday the Church and the world said goodbye to the Polish Pope. Margaret Hebblethwaite witnessed the conclusion of the pontificate, while, opposite, one pilgrim, joining the faithful on the streets of Rome, describes the extraordinary experience Khaki should colour this campaign
Election 2005
Robert Fox
Britain goes to the polls on 5 May, and for the next three weeks, Tablet contributors will consider the most important issues for voters. Robert Fox begins the series with an assessment of defence and the war on terror All together now
THE LANGUAGE GAME
John Morrish
Arts
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Cinema
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Crispin Jackson
Main
The greatest show on earth
Peter Stanford
Radio
John Paul II
Sue Gaisford
Theatre
Hecuba
Mark Lawson
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News from Britain and Ireland Bishops hope for a listening Pope Book Reviews Chivalry, sheep and murdered kings
The Hollow Crown: a history of Britain in the late Middle Ages
Miri Rubin
Reviewed by Lucy Wooding
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