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Books
On Heaven and Earth by Pope Francis and Abraham Skorka: Will the Church become just another charity?
24 May 2013

Vatican watchers will find strong clues about the direction of Pope Francis in On Heaven and Earth: a series of conversations Bergoglio held with Rabbi Abraham Skorka of Buenos Aires.

Religion
Habemus Papam: time for a fresh start at the Vatican?
14 March 2013

After promising beginnings with the Vatican II council, the Catholic Church lost its way under the reactionary leadership of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, says John Cornwell. Can it now change course?

Religion
Scruffies against the straights
03 April 2012

How much longer can the Catholic Church resist change as its influence shrinks?

God's Jury: the Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World
12 February 2012
Books
The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse
20 September 2010

Geoffrey Robertson QC’s j’accuse against Pope Benedict is a welcome analysis of anomalies in the pos

Religion
The Pope, the people and the paedophiles
01 April 2010

The worldwide scandal of Catholic paedophile priests threatens to become the gravest crisis in the modern history of the Church. As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to visit Britain to beatify Cardinal Newman, we look at the life of this humane Catholic convert.

Europe
Profile: Pope Benedict XVI
12 February 2009

The Pope is emerging as an ultra-reactionary. First he antagonised Muslims. Now he has outraged Jewish groups by favouring a Holocaust denier.

Global Issues
The dilemma on the t­ip of a needle
22 January 2009

Stem cell research may hold the key to future wonder cures. It is predicted that the market for stem

Society
Creation or creationism
08 January 2009

Observations on science

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