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Editorial
Big beast in the jungle  Amnesty and Abortion Columns
Tim Hames
?Few prominent Africans, apart from Mandela, have challenged Mugabe? 
Margaret Hebblethwaite
?One person said it was like the crowd on Good Friday, with their ears closed?
Richard Rodriguez
?On the subject of religion, the New Atheism is adolescent and shrill?
Jonathan Tulloch
Glimpses of Eden
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Dangers, toils and snares
Michael Fitzgerald
Two hundred years ago, William Wilberforce introduced the parliamentary bill that eventually led to the abolition of the slave trade. But the fight is not over. If the scourge of people-trafficking is to be eradicated across the globe, anti-slavery campaigners will need patience, tenacity and faith
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Church in the World
Sobrino judgement ignites widespread anger
Australia
Archbishop admits to ?carelessness? over review influences | | France
Candidates ?exploiting euthanasia debate? | Germany
Atheist defends belief in God | | Mexico
City relaxes its abortion laws | Netherlands
Church urged to care for immigrants | | Rome
Pope out of line with Second Vatican Council, says expert | Russia
Bishop criticises Orthodox link to Putin | | South Africa
Tutu accuses African leaders on Zimbabwe | Spain
Furore over pornographic images of Christ | | United States
Hospitals seek morning-after pill exemption | |
Featured Articles
Union pacific
Stephen Wall
This weekend the biggest party in Europe will be in Berlin, where Germany, as holder of the revolving EU presidency, hosts a lavish celebration of 50 years of peace. But how much do its original ideals matter today?
Emancipator and Sons
Abigail Frymann
William Wilberforce?s four sons decided not to follow in their father?s social reform footsteps. Instead, three entered the ministry ? two of them becoming Catholic converts, as eventually did their dairy farming brother 
Taking liberties
Conor Gearty
Since the 9/11 attack on New York in 2001 basic freedoms and justice have increasingly come under threat in the war against international terrorism. Now the latest moves provoking concern lie at the heart of the body charged with guarding global human rights
Human touch of Easter
Daniel O'Leary
With Holy Week ahead of us, we should reflect on the full humanity of God,
whose power, presence and promise can now and for all time come to us in a
form and expression we can understand, and with whom we can be one Man of peace
The Tablet Interview
Following his dramatic release from 117 days in captivity after being kidnapped in Iraq in late 2005, Norman Kember has reflected on his non-passive pacifism. Now, as he tells Elena Curti, he faces a final dilemma The necessary presence
PARISH PRACTICE
Martin Jakubas
The elect, that is those preparing for baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist, can provide the focus for the whole church community during Lent Truth in storytelling
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Guy Consolmagno
News from Britain and Ireland Attacks on gay bias rules redouble More home news Book Reviews History of Human Bondage
The Trader, The Owner, The Slave
James Walvin
Reviewed by Jonathan Wright
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