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Latest issue: 15 June 2013
Last updated: 19 June 2013

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The Church and the Paralympics

Latest news

Our up-to-date calendar lists all the major Catholic events going on in London during the Paralympics 

Check here for the Paralympic latest news and updates from The Tablet

 

The Paralympic provide Catholics in London with a fantastic opportunity to welcome Paralympians and visitors from around the world. Whether you're local or a tourist we hope that you find something useful here on our Tablet mini-site.

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter (we're @The_Tablet) and Facebook

The Catholic Church in England and Wales has compiled a helpful list of events going on accross the country. See their list here .

Olympic Opportunites

Visit our tips for the best Catholic events going on throughout the Paralympics here.

Some advice for visitors

If you need to find somewhere for Mass or Confession during your visit, try the Archdiocese of Westminster's handy "virtual parish" tool here

 

Trying to get from the Archery to the Zorbing without getting stuck in queues? Visit Transport for London's journey adviser, Get Ahead of The Games. And don't forget your tube map!




Olympic Voices

Visit our blog site throughout the Paralympic games for eyewitness accounts and reflections.


 

 


       


 In this week’s issue

‘Two concepts pulling in different directions’
Art and the spirit
Strictly not for turning
A question of conscience
Saving the children
Rough justice for minorities
Don’t look now
Well read and well informed
Tablet Traveller
Churches under-valued or over-estimating themselves?
Francis Davis, guest contributor

Hume knew Alan Hopes would one day be bishop
Fr Mark Woodruff, guest contributor

Anglican patrimony is becoming a reality
James Roberts

Don't get cynical about the impact of campaigns
Geoffrey Chongo, guest contributor

The Pope and the redemption of atheists
Abigail Frymann

From creation to 're-creation'
The Holy See's pavilion at Venice Biennale

For the first time, the Holy See has entered a pavilion for this year‘s Venice Biennale. Artists were asked to tackle themes from Michelangelo‘s Sistine Chapel ceiling ...


Local authorities 'wary of faith groups but rely on their services'
Report by MPs finds low level of religious literacy among councils

Faith groups only want to engage in social action to push their beliefs on others and their adherents oppose equality - these are some of the assumptions an all-party group of Christian ...


Middle classes dominant in top Catholic schools
The Sutton Trust

A new report by the Sutton Trust has revealed that the hundred top performing Catholic state schools in England and Wales contain just half the average proportion of pupils from ...

Tiptoeing towards Scripture

Pope Benedict XVI has exhorted Catholics to become more familiar with their Bibles, in his round-up of the 2008 Synod on the Word of God. At the same time the Bible Society ...

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