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Editorial
A question of BBC trust  Life without mugabe Columns
Tim Hames
‘The odds are, but only just, that Mrs Clinton will indeed prevail in Indiana’
Peter Stanford
‘Children don’t need to hear that Mark Speight has excluded himself from heaven’
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt
‘I discovered that there were lots of “Alfies”… these families’
Elena Curti
Letter from Holy Land 
Jonathan Tulloch
Glimpses of Eden
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Hungry for change
Thomas Lines
Rice is the most vital of basic foods, feeding nearly half the human population, so a recent surge in prices has provoked riots in some countries in Africa and Asia. It is part of an unprecedented global food crisis that, unless it is solved, threatens the lives of the poorest people in the world
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Church in the World
Left on the shelf: Bible is rarely read by most people
Australia
Women bishops create ecumenical hurdles | | Austria
Amstetten is ‘tip of the iceberg’ | Bolivia
President ‘betrayed’ by Church | | France
Lourdes pilgrimage features in plans for autumn papal | Iraq
Christian haven under threat | | Paraguay
Pope sends Lugo a sign of his favour | Poland
Cardinal resists pull of political correctness | | Rome
Vatican denies that Pope is ‘seriously ill’ | Spain
Priests’ hospital bioethics role under threat | | United States
Clinton rides high on religious vote | |
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For whose benefit?
Tablet Education
Isabel de Bertodano
Independent Catholic education is coming under intense scrutiny, writes Isabel de Bertodano, as private schools are forced to justify their charitable status
Chimes of freedom
Timothy Lavin
The row over Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright has thrown the spotlight on America’s black Churches. While they share a brand of liberation theology, they are also distinctly different
The capacity to transform
Hugh Nelson
News reports of the tragic deaths of severely disabled James Hughes and his mother, Heather Wardle, have highlighted the pressures faced by the carers of those whom society chooses to exclude. What is less well known is that people with profound learning disabilities have much to teach those in the wider world
Clock ticks on time-warp island
Jimmy Burns
According to Cardinal Jaime Ortega, a period of reflection and debate has begun in Cuba about life there. As our man in Havana recalls in this diary, it is clear that the state-controlled economy has failed its people. Yet there are plenty of lessons for the US and Europe about social cohesion
The greatest gift
Listen to the Word
Daniel McCarthy
Our offering sacrifice at Mass and in the liturgy of our daily lives joins us to the self-offering of Christ and becomes the means by which we rise together to divine matters, as Daniel McCarthy explains A connection restored
Parish Practice
David Wells
Parents whose relationship with the Church is erratic or complicated present a special challenge for priests and catechists, but welcoming them offers real rewards for all 
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