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17 SEPTEMBER 2011 £2.60 www.thetablet.co.uk | Est. 1840


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Benedict’s papacy: the way it’s shaping up


Robert Mickens analyses the make-up of the Curia and the return of Italian dominance


One for the zealots


Texas governor Rick Perry is making the Republican presidential running – and he’s steeped in fundamental Evangelical causes, says Michael Sean Winters


Canterbury tales If Rowan Williams quits as


archbishop, who might succeed him? Jonathan Wynne-Jones assesses the contenders


Age before


suitability Bishops set too much store by seniority. Talent should matter, says parish priest Bernard Cotter


PLUS Paul Bailey ● Francine Stock ● Lynn Roberts ● Kieran Conry


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