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Bishops call for renewal of Britain
A powerful appeal for the transformation of Britain

CES seeks to calm fears over sex education after Ed Balls remarks
Catholic schools will not be required to teach pupils where they can get an abortion, the Catholic Education Service says

The bishops argue that 'a new Parliament is a good opportunity for a new beginning, in which trust between the public and politicians can begin to be restored' PA

Assisted suicide guidance welcomed
By Simon Caldwell

Bishops fight for adoption agency in the High Court
By Simon Caldwell

Mafia is a 'cancer', say Italian bishops
The mafia is a "cancer" which had contaminated the whole of southern Italy, the country's Catholic bishops say

IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK
Spain's Catholic King will sign abortion bill

Features

'One has to speak the truth regardless'
Rory Fitzgerald meets the controversial former Bishop of Rochester and unofficial leader of conservative Anglicans

Witnessing a new dawn of the spirit in Walsingham
Peter Stanford embarks on a 21st Century pilgrimage to Walsingham

The Lord is there in our suffering
There is an insistent urgency in the Gospel passage of the third Sunday in Lent writes Mgr William Shomali

IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK
Hugh David says the media inducing over school transfers

Letters to the Editor

The Children, Schools and Families Bill does not require our schools to promote abortion
Read this, plus all our other letters online


Catholic Life

St Patrick's prayer line greets its 50,000th caller
Read this, plus all our other Catholic Life stories online

Maureen, a volunteer, prays with a caller to the St Patrick's SOS prayerline

Blogs & Columnists

Anna Arco's Diary and Editor's Briefing are now in blog format. Click on their banners below

Reviews

Souls coaxed out of wood and stone
Many of Henry Moore's works hint at human presences writes Alan Caine

Henry Moore's Reclining Figure, 1939

Even in the limelight Barack Obama remains a figure of profound mystery
This over-written, gossipy book fails to capture the US President, argues John Hinton

India: the best audience for Shakespeare in the world
William Barlow reviews the extraordinary lives of Imperial and Commonwealth men and women

IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK
Jack Carrigan reviews Max Hastings's The Finest Years

Opinion

Don't despair: we are still free to teach sound morals
The sex education Bill is not necessarily a threat to our schools, says Quentin de la Bédoyère

St Thérèse archive

Read about this year's St Thérèse visit