CONTENTS 11 DECEMBER 2010 COLUMNS
5 CLIFFORD LONGLEY ‘The British tradition of wanting to see criminals suffer is an old and deep one’
10 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE’S PRESSWATCH
‘Every postage stamp, every policeman’s helmet, has a cross displayed on it’
12 PETER STANFORD ‘The Big Society is an aspiration that is vague enough as to mean whatever you want it to’
14 LISTEN TO THE WORD 15 PARISH PRACTICE 16 NOTEBOOK 17 LETTERS 18 THE LIVING SPIRIT 19 PUZZLES
BOOKS
20 DAVID GOODALL The Case of the Pope: Vatican accountability for human rights abuse Geoffrey Robertson QC
PHILIP WOMACK The Three Weissmanns of Westport Cathleen Schine
ARTS
25 FEATURE Rick Jones Iceland’s sacred music
THEATRE Mark Lawson Season’s Greetings
RADIO D.J. Taylor Electric Ink
TELEVISION John Morrish The Day John Lennon Died
13 Queen with a crown of 12 stars John Henry Newman The third of four specially selected reflections to mark Advent
11 Not quite what he seemed Michael Sean Winters Traditionalist Catholics who cheered the election of Benedict XVI are wondering now whether he is the leader they expected
FEATURES
4 Just cause? Sam Adams The legal advisory groups that champion Christians who feel the law is against them may be doing more harm than good
6 Relighting the fire of Scripture Henry Wansbrough The Bible took its place in the centre of Catholic life during the Second World War with a groundbreaking encyclical
8 Compassionate conservative Elena Curti The Archbishop of Birmingham, Bernard Longley, talks to The Tablet about the ordinariate, gay Masses and consumerism
28 THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD Cardinal begs forgiveness for Munich abuse scandals
32 LETTER FROM ROME
33 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND Bishops at odds over civil partnerships
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