CONTENTS 18 SEPTEMBER 2010 COLUMNS
7 CLIFFORD LONGLEY ‘The archbishop hinted at a fresh presentation of Catholic teaching on sexuality’
24 LISTEN TO THE WORD
25 PARISH PRACTICE John Cornwell on Newman the pastor
26 NOTEBOOK 27 LETTERS 28 LIVING SPIRIT 29 PUZZLES
BOOKS
30 FERNANDO CERVANTES The Book in the Renaissance Andrew Pettegree
FLORENCE O’DONOGHUE Crisis of Confidence: Anglo-Irish relations in the early Troubles 1966-1974 Anthony Craig
JAMES MORAN The Dead Republic Roddy Doyle
16 Life lessonsJoseph Ratzinger The Pope describes the impact of Newman on his thought and beliefs
ARTS
34 FEATURE Peter Stanford
TV and radio on the Catholic Church
TELEVISION John Morrish David Jason: The Battle of Britain
THEATRE Mark Lawson Deathtrap
CINEMA Francine Stock Winter’s Bone
MUSIC Rick Jones BBC Proms 69, 71 and 75
18 Scars that need to heal Elena Curti Abuse survivors have called on Benedict XVI for more support
20 More aid, better spent Ambroise Tine Have the developed nations failed the world’s poorest?
22 Feast fit for a Pope Rose Prince Benedict’s coat of arms provides the inspiration for a celebratory meal
23 Left-footed Kevin Meagher Labour needs to rethink its attitudes towards Catholics
6 An historic welcome David Cameron The Prime Minister on the place of faith in British life today
■ SPOTLIGHT ON JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
8 Newman’s diffident holiness Roderick Strange The cardinal was very much a man for our time, says his biographer
10 ‘I solaced myself with verse-making’ Michael Glover Newman’s skills as a poet didn’t stop at ‘The Dream of Gerontius’
12 Ideas of a modern university Don Briel Academia has much to learn from the cardinal’s theories on education
14 Wisdom of the future Ian Ker Newman understood that great church councils needed interpreting
FEATURES
4 Five minutes with the Pope The last in our series in which we asked a variety of people what they would say to Benedict if they were to have a one-to-one meeting
38 THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD Belgian Church afraid to apologise for abuse
44 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND Kasper says Britain is home to ‘aggressive neo-atheism’ COVER ILLUSTRATION: JOE CUMMINGS
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